Quotes.gg
Made by Last Media

Roscoe Mitchell

Popular Posts
#Tags
It wasn't until I got out of the Army and I heard Coltrane's record 'Coltrane,' when he was doing 'Inch Worm' and 'Out of This World,' that I thought, 'Oh my God, you can do that?' And then I thought, 'OK, I better go back and listen to Eric Dolphy a bit.' And then I said, 'Hmm, I better pull out these Ornette Coleman records.' - Roscoe Mitchell
#Back
#Better
#Doing
#God
#World
Music has a way of getting under your skin. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Getting
#Music
#Skin
#Way
#Your
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Box
#Composing
#Like
#Myself
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Create
#Music
#Own
#Practice
#Way
I say if you can find somebody you can make music with, that's a special thing, so you should try to keep it going. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Find
#Music
#Say
#Special
#Try
You have to know composition to be a good improviser. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Composition
#Good
#Improviser
#Know
#You
I like to explore sounds. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Explore
#Like
#Sounds
What I'm after is a composed music that will sound like improvised music when improvisors play it. You shouldn't be able to tell what parts are being improvised and what parts were written out beforehand; it should sound like the same music. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Music
#Play
#Sound
#Tell
#Will
I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Bell
#Go
#Hear
#Next
#Saxophone
Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Gone
#Life Is Short
#Life
#Once
#Short
To be a good improviser, you have to study composition as a parallel. Because what improvisation is, on a high level, is spontaneous composition. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Good
#High Level
#High
#Spontaneous
I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Doing
#I Am
#Life
#Music
#My Life
Man, I used to go around and think, 'Oh my God, what must it be like to be going down the street, and someone asks you, 'What's your name?' and the reply would be, 'John Coltrane.' I couldn't imagine what that would be like. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Go
#God
#Man
#Name
#Street
When you can make a good, strong musical connection with people, that's always there. That's not often that that happens. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Always
#Connection
#Good
#People
#Strong
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that. - Roscoe Mitchell
#Done
#Listen
#Nature
#Sounds
#Trying
#Way
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.