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I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

~John Zorn

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I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

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I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

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I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and they tell me what they want, and then I act like a mirroring device so that everyone can see what the cues are.

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Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

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For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff going on. People's ears are really open, they are not closed. A lot of scenes here, people just get tunnel vision and are into one thing.

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Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

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As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more.

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And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

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I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: September 2nd, 1953

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