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“All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.”

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Ben Kingsley is a renowned British actor, born on December 31, 1943. He is known for his exceptional performances in film, theater, and television, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Gandhi'. more

“Cornelius Cardew very famous in Britain, because he was the darling of the avant-garde, and he played in a band called AMM, which was an improvising band in the '60s. Paul McCartney used to come watch them. Later on in life, he became disenchanted with avant-garde music, because he felt it couldn't reach the public. It didn't have a wide enough appeal. So he'd take these tunes of old English folk songs and write Stalinist lyrics over the top of them. I do think that when he changed to folk songs, he actually lost the tiny audience he already had, which is quite interesting.”

Thinking Writing Enough Song Interesting Audience Changed Music Is Very Famous

Author:Alasdair MacLean

“Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das Kapital over a folk-song melody, and it's a spectacular failure, in my opinion.”

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Author:Alasdair MacLean

“It's very interesting to read why Cornelius Cardew became disenchanted with academic avant-garde music. He wanted to reach as many people as possible and change their consciousness. He wanted to reach the "working classes" in England. The kind of music he was making was very much from the academy, even though it had a lot in common with things like free jazz and improvisation, and he felt that it was the music of the elite, and that he wasn't really speaking to the people.”

People Kind Interesting Common Consciousness Jazz Academic Working Class Very Interesting Improvisation

Author:Alasdair MacLean

“I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.”

Author:Alasdair MacLean

“One of the great things about being in a band is that you meet so many other musicians who will turn you on to stuff you would never have otherwise found out about.”

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Author:Alasdair MacLean

“I think the music that's part of your heritage is what you spend a lot of your early life rejecting. The very idea of folk music would break me out in hives until I was about 28. But I think it's nice when you eventually do come back to it. It's like coming home, and you realize it wasn't so bad after all.”

Thinking Home Realizing Break Nice Coming Home Folk Music

Author:Alasdair MacLean

“Sometimes the work can get in the way and you give a less-good performance, and sometimes it doesn't and you can really get to the heart of something. And all the other stuff is just interesting and adds another layer to your performance. It helps you find the reality. Because you're not just playing yourself, you know? That would be kind of boring.”

Giving Heart Kind Sometimes Helping Reality Interesting Boring Be Kind

Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh

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