“It would be really nice to have a venue stop in Japan someday. Japan would be perfect for it.” Quote by Travis Rice
“[My interest in music] is from my mother and my grandmother, who were pianists, and they taught.” MotherInterestTaughtMusic IsGrandmotherMy GrandmotherPianist Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I heard a lot of different kinds of music. I heard country music, I heard jazz, I heard symphonic music, opera, everything you can think of except very modern music.” ThinkingKindDifferentCountryHeardModernJazzOperaDifferent KindsDifferent Kinds Of MusicModern Music Author:Pauline Oliveros
“My mother brought accordion home. She was going to learn to play it so she could teach it and increase her income. And I got fascinated with it, so she backed off and let me do it.” PlayHomeMotherTeachLet MeIncreaseIncomeFascinatedAccordions Author:Pauline Oliveros
“The sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity [made my fascinated with accordion].” MadeStillsDifferentFactsSoundPianoFascinatedFamiliarityAccordions Author:Pauline Oliveros
“In the '60s my friends were interested and we were hearing electronic music coming in on community radio from Europe, so that's where it started. And I had a tape recorder and started making things with it.” CommunityMy FriendsEuropeRadioHearingTapeElectronic MusicRecorders Author:Pauline Oliveros
“The San Francisco Tape Music Centre was a kind of collective non-profit that my friends and I got started so that we could pool our equipment and make tape music.” KindMy FriendsProfitCollectivesPoolTapeCentreEquipmentSan FranciscoNon Profit Author:Pauline Oliveros
“There is a book called San Francisco Tape Music Centre:1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde and this book describes everything that you want to know or don't want to know about it, with a lot of documentation.” KnowsWantBookTapeCentreSan Francisco1960sAvant GardeDocumentationCounterculture Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I felt a challenge to compose music. That's where my challenge was, for the most part.” FeltChallenges Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I had to cope with attitudes that were not supportive all along. I mean, you still have that.” MeanStillsAttitudeSupportive Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I think the worst thing is stereotyping.” ThinkingWorstWorst ThingsStereotype Author:Pauline Oliveros