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Gunther Schuller Quotes

Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me Picture Quote #1

I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting and great musical periods in my life Picture Quote #1

Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations Picture Quote #1

Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style Picture Quote #1

After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz Picture Quote #1

I don’t hate work, composing is not work for me, it’s my pleasure; it’s my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? Picture Quote #1

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So this anchoring in some way, in some important way in the past without repeating the past, but on the basis of the past building something new: that is what is important Picture Quote #1

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it’s interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer so often and associate myself with works of art Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be an artist, but at age 11, somehow all this musical knowledge and information and love for music that I had came out, and then suddenly it was very clear that I wanted to be a musician of some sort Picture Quote #1

My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority Picture Quote #1

If we could ever find that moment, maybe thousands of years fromnow, where all the musics of the worlds would be communicating with each other, there would be no more wars, there would be peace Picture Quote #1

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And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it Picture Quote #1

I would like to read some books: I don’t have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography Picture Quote #1

The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it! Picture Quote #1

You know, I’m not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I’m going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I’m no millionaire! Picture Quote #1

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Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me (Gunther Schuller Quotes) I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting and great musical periods in my life (Gunther Schuller Quotes) Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations. (Gunther Schuller Quotes) Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style (Gunther Schuller Quotes) After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz (Gunther Schuller Quotes) I don’t hate work, composing is not work for me, it’s my pleasure; it’s my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? (Gunther Schuller Quotes) So this anchoring in some way, in some important way in the past without repeating the past, but on the basis of the past building something new: that is what is important (Gunther Schuller Quotes) If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player (Gunther Schuller Quotes) I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it’s interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer so often and associate myself with works of art (Gunther Schuller Quotes) I wanted to be an artist, but at age 11, somehow all this musical knowledge and information and love for music that I had came out, and then suddenly it was very clear that I wanted to be a musician of some sort (Gunther Schuller Quotes) My primary calling, I always knew since the age of 11, was as a composer, and so that had to take priority (Gunther Schuller Quotes) If we could ever find that moment, maybe thousands of years fromnow, where all the musics of the worlds would be communicating with each other, there would be no more wars, there would be peace (Gunther Schuller Quotes) And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it (Gunther Schuller Quotes) I would like to read some books: I don’t have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography (Gunther Schuller Quotes) The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their first debut on a recording. These are all things that big record companies would never touch because there is no money in it! (Gunther Schuller Quotes) You know, I’m not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I’m going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I’m no millionaire! (Gunther Schuller Quotes)