I am not interested in petty gossip I am not interested in who sells the most records and the politicizing of economics that makes that possible. I am not interested in a body politic of the largely uninformed who attempt to politically designate certain people as deserving of wider recognition.
More Quotes from Bill Dixon:
Interested listeners have only to hear the recording to find out if those guys, who go to such pains to undervalue my work, are right. All people have to do is listen to realize it is a beautiful record.Bill Dixon
That then gives us two areas of musical thought pop music and elitist music. Isn't there room for a special music that is what it is simply because that is the way that things are There is always going to be different forms of music. I do not think we should put down rap music and things like that. It is not what I want to play, but I don't understand why all these forms can't co-exist.
Bill Dixon
I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag.
Bill Dixon
I did not make my first recording until I was 37... I did not even start to study music until I was 20... I entered music at a time when New York was this cauldron of incredible artistic and cultural activity.
Bill Dixon
Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living.
Bill Dixon
If musicians don't do any music, then there isn't any music. Musicians are very tricky and can be quite elusive.
Bill Dixon
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Body Quotes, Economics QuotesBased on Keywords: politicizing, uninformed
Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.
John Podesta
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Elbert Hubbard
Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.
Allan Bloom