Top 32 Quotes by Roscoe Mitchell

About Roscoe Mitchell

These are some quotes by American author Roscoe Mitchell Composer, who was born on August 3, 1940.

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it.

Roscoe Mitchell

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

Roscoe Mitchell

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

Roscoe Mitchell

You can work on music a few lifetimes.

You can work on music a few lifetimes.

Roscoe Mitchell

I feel that in order to learn as much about music as I would like to learn, I would need more than one lifetime.

I feel that in order to learn as much about music as I would like to learn, I would need more than one lifetime.

Roscoe Mitchell

I'm trying to learn to really use space. My philosophy is that every time you interrupt space in a very confident, secure manner, then music happens.

I'm trying to learn to really use space. My philosophy is that every time you interrupt space in a very confident, secure manner, then music happens.

Roscoe Mitchell

I feel I'm most successful when I'm playing a concert, and it doesn't necessarily seem like I'm playing a saxophone but am coming off more like an orchestra or something like that.

I feel I'm most successful when I'm playing a concert, and it doesn't necessarily seem like I'm playing a saxophone but am coming off more like an orchestra or something like that.

Roscoe Mitchell

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

Roscoe Mitchell

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

Roscoe Mitchell

It wasn't until I got out of the Army and I heard Coltrane's record 'Coltrane,' when he was doing 'Inch Worm' and 'Out of This World,' that I thought, 'Oh my God, you can do that?' And then I thought, 'OK, I better go back and listen to Eric Dolphy a bit.' And then I said, 'Hmm, I better pull out these Ornette Coleman records.'

Roscoe Mitchell

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