“The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.” MeanArtIndividualBornFieldsGrewGeniusMusicianWestWesternGrassSoilArt Music Author:Toru Takemitsu
“A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?” KnowsFeelsShouldTwoIndividualSoundMusician Author:Dave Grohl
“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.” WayTwoIdeasWantedThreeIndividualHeardCrazyStreetsChangedMonthsBandMusicianBeatsLondonI RealizedOne WayHopsDigitalSessionVocalThree MonthsBowie Author:KT Tunstall
“Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.” WantNeedsIndividualGoalRecordsOne ThingPrideTasteMusicianWho You ArePerformers Author:Scott Weiland
“Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in the history of jazz there had never been one man who influenced all the instruments.” MenIndividualMusicianJazz Book:Celebrating Bird: the triumph of Charlie Parker Source: Celebrating Bird: the triumph of Charlie Parker
“Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's two musicians or a musician and a filmmaker or a musician and a choreographer, if the combination is right, the possibility exists to make something greater than the individuals could make. But if the combination is wrong than you generally end up with a compromised piece is probably less than the individuals could make.” PeopleIfsTwoEndsReasonTogetherIndividualPartyGreaterPiecesPossibilityMusicianCombinationFilmmakerWorking TogetherCollaborationChoreographers Author:John Parish