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Evan Parker quotes: My roots are in my record player.

My roots are in my record player.

Evan Parker quotes: But I think the record will actually come from tapes that are not yet recorded.

But I think the record will actually come from tapes that are not yet recorded.

Evan Parker quotes: Remarkable only the very best arrangers can get a sound like that from four horns

Remarkable only the very best arrangers can get a sound like that from four horns

Evan Parker quotes: In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.

Evan Parker quotes: I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.

Evan Parker quotes: To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

Evan Parker quotes: I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.

I'd met Roscoe in Europe quite a few times over the years, and we'd say hi and so on, but this was the first time we'd actually played together.

Evan Parker quotes: Improvisation is a compositional method.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

Evan Parker quotes: There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

Evan Parker quotes: So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open mind about those things.

So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open mind about those things.

Evan Parker quotes: We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

We all listened to a lot of recorded music, especially American jazz, modern jazz, and that's where our studies were and our inspiration came from.

Evan Parker quotes: I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man.

I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man.

Evan Parker quotes: I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

Evan Parker quotes: When you add a period of 25 years between the playing and the listening, then the whole question of meaning gets very complicated.

When you add a period of 25 years between the playing and the listening, then the whole question of meaning gets very complicated.

Evan Parker quotes: If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

Evan Parker quotes: Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.

Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.

Evan Parker quotes: You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.

You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.