And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage. John Zorn diplomaticendpsychodrama Change image and share on social
As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more. John Zorn amountattentionfriend Change image and share on social
That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from, the richer the environment becomes. John Zorn answerbeginenvironment Change image and share on social
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music. John Zorn fredfrithimprovisation Change image and share on social
When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way. John Zorn feelpieceplace Change image and share on social
You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're doing it all by yourself. Obviously, there's something going on here. And whether you want to call it channeling or being connected to a creative force or knowing your history and knowing where you belong, that's, you know, maybe a personal thing. John Zorn belongcallchannele share on social
If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist. John Zorn classicaljazzheadlisten share on social
I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work. John Zorn dedicatehomeline Change image and share on social
It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this back in, I don't need to take this profit share. It's very cooperative. John Zorn backbreakcooperative Change image and share on social
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with the tablets. It doesn't work like that. The job of a composer is putting something down on a piece of paper that will inspire the person who's playing. John Zorn ascribecomposecomposer share on social