“Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional attitude, my way of approaching both music composition and singing, particularly phrasing.” WayCountryAttitudeSingingWesternMusicalVariousBackgroundsMy WayCompositionBack And Forth Author:Rokia Traore
“It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide which focused each individual's creative instinct on a problem to be solved - how to interpret a particular system of notation using one's own musical background and attitudes.” ShouldProblemIndividualAttitudeCreativeParticularInstinctMusicalFocusedGuidesBackgroundsPerformersInstruction Author:John Tilbury
“I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco sauce, some ketchup, some mayonnaise. I love all of that. Put it on a trumpet. I've just got to have the ketchup and Tabasco sauce. That's my attitude about musical philosophy.” GivingWritingLooksPersonsPhilosophyAttitudeGive MeMusicalAbstractAbstractionSauceTrumpetsMy AttitudeKetchupCondimentsMayonnaiseTabasco Author:Wynton Marsalis