I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I’m doing or get involved in what they’re doing. John Zorn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I’ll try to write a hundred tunes in a year. John Zorn Read Quote
I’m not striving for happiness, I’m trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constantly rethinking and re-evaluating what you’re doing, working and working until it’s finished. John Zorn Read Quote
I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages. John Zorn Read Quote
One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping things out of print when they don’t sell. John Zorn Read Quote
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. John Zorn Read Quote
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. John Zorn Read Quote
I don’t play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something beautiful to every single person you run into at every moment of the day, so how can you play favorites with somebody? John Zorn Read Quote
