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John Zorn quotes: With all the fucked up things going on in the world, just the fact that we can wake up in the morning is kind of a miracle.

With all the fucked up things going on in the world, just the fact that we can wake up in the morning is kind of a miracle.

John Zorn quotes: Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

John Zorn quotes: If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?

If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?

John Zorn quotes: Man, Dick Dale shreds. He's welcomed to anybody's bar mitzvah.

Man, Dick Dale shreds. He's welcomed to anybody's bar mitzvah.

John Zorn quotes: I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am.

John Zorn quotes: You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that.

You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that.

John Zorn quotes: I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.

I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.

John Zorn quotes: One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

John Zorn quotes: We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

John Zorn quotes: It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

John Zorn quotes: I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

John Zorn quotes: Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

John Zorn quotes: Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.

Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.

John Zorn quotes: I have had a very combative relationship with critics because I'm very impatient with people that don't give my work the respect I feel it deserves.

I have had a very combative relationship with critics because I'm very impatient with people that don't give my work the respect I feel it deserves.

John Zorn quotes: I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

John Zorn quotes: I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

John Zorn quotes: I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

John Zorn quotes: I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.

I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.

John Zorn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change.

People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change.

John Zorn quotes: The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.

John Zorn quotes: And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

John Zorn quotes: You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy.

You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy.