It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar. Fred Frith bodyfindfluently Change image and share on social
Improvised music involves a lot of intuition and I like developing intuition. Fred Frith developimproviseintuition Change image and share on social
We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out different languages, you use all the languages that you have. Fred Frith improvisekindlanguage Change image and share on social
I write with a mouse, because it has no psychological associations or memories or habits associated with it. Fred Frith associationhabitmemory Change image and share on social
If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound. Fred Frith ideasongsound Change image and share on social
I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball. Fred Frith ballcostumedress Change image and share on social
The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another. Fred Frith abilityclearcomponent Change image and share on social
As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets. Fred Frith comfortableimproviserpretty Change image and share on social
I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends. Fred Frith changefriendperception Change image and share on social
Chris Cutler was kind enough to offer his company as an umbrella, so now I can have all my back catalogue under one roof as it were, and it has the same feeling as with Daniel; this is a matter between friends rather than businessmen. Fred Frith backbusinessmancatalogue share on social
