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Pierre Boulez Quotes

The first time I came to New York in 1952, I was busy with music. I made the acquaintance at this period with John Cage, and also the acquaintance of Varese for the first time. We were very good friends. He gave me some scores, and we recorded them a little later.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: french
Birth: March 26, 1925 - January 5, 2016

Topics

Good Music Time New York Me Busy

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Work Money Government Thought You

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

Good People You Say Improv Going

Once you have something so deeply infused in your culture and your brand, it would be very difficult to reverse that inertia if you wanted to.

Culture Brand You Difficult Your

Compunet was fantastic. You could upload these little demos of what you'd been working on, and it was a really nice social scene - years before the Internet.

Internet You Nice Years Little Been

The intensity with which Janis Joplin sings, you simply can't find a singer like that. It's almost scary the amount of emotion and energy and passion she puts into her performance.

Michael Wadleigh

Passion Performance Energy You Find

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

Justice Important Crime Organized

'This guy's a clown! He's just all talk!' I've heard that many times in my career. And then they're sleeping in the middle of the octagon.

Career Sleeping Talk Clown Middle

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

Live Doing Enjoy Stuff Really

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

Booker T. Washington

Man You Down Him Without Hold

I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energy and a youth factor here that you don't typically associate with Florida. There's a real vitality. It's energizing.

Love People Youth Energy You Know

You can say you're going to take a vacation, and you can even take the time, but you might as well not, because the book is still sitting in your head.

Richard Ben Cramer

Time Vacation Book You Say Sitting

I'm not saying that people should believe in a specific thing or a specific way, but if everyone has the knowledge they need to have, then they can make their own decisions. That's the key thing: to have the information.

Morena Baccarin

Knowledge People Saying Believe Key

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