Bill Dixon Quotes

• Fear is the biggest motivator.

  Bill Dixon

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• Haga lo que haga, intento hacerlo a fondo. Intento, y no siempre lo consigo, ser minucioso. Hay músicos que no saben lo que valen, y si lo supieron en algún momento, se les ha escapado. Yo sé lo que valgo. Intenta no quedarse en el pasado.

  Bill Dixon

  Past, Trying, Musician

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• If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

  Bill Dixon

  Different, Remember Who You Are, Imagine

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• Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility.

  Bill Dixon

  Groups, Possibility, Realms

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• Los músicos de rock, y una amplia gama de músicos de música popular, debido a su riqueza, adquirida a través de la masa de su notoriedad, son capaces de ser escuchados y oídos y por lo tanto son capaces de efectuar cambios a nivel internacional.

  Bill Dixon

  Change, Rocks, Musician

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• No suelo hacer bises. Cuando he terminado de tocar, he terminado de tocar. No me queda nada; no ha habido ninguna reserva.

  Bill Dixon

  Encores, Has Beens, Left

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• While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

  Bill Dixon

  People, Opinion

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• I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.

  Bill Dixon

  Cheating, Thinking, People

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• My career has been different from most people, but I knew what I was not going to do. I knew I was not going to be controlled. I knew there was a price for this, but I did not know there was as large a price as it turned out to be.

  Bill Dixon

  Careers, People, Different

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• If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing.

  Bill Dixon

  Old Buildings, Painting, Shows

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• I have been using delay and reverberation since the middle 1960s. I use them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible. I do not use them to play loudly but to make the higher harmonics heard.

  Bill Dixon

  Play, Use, Delay

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• Llevo yendo a Italia desde 1980, pero siempre he ido a trabajar. No he vivido en el extranjero, porque no me gusta andar por ahí con todo lo que tengo en una bolsa de papel.

  Bill Dixon

  Running, Bags, Paper

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• In the middle 1940s... I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the place to be.

  Bill Dixon

  New York, Painting, Middle

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• I have no distributor... it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over. You should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received.

  Bill Dixon

  Letting Go, Player, Thinking

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• 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

  Art, Tired, Years

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• Si lo produzco, lo montaré como una representación. Se invitará a un público reducido; los ensayos de las secciones se harán por las mañanas, y esas secciones se grabarán por las tardes.

  Bill Dixon

  Morning, Done, Afternoon

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• 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

  Beautiful, Pain, People

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• The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control.

  Bill Dixon

  Player, Magic, Musician

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