Kobo Abe

“Loneliness was an unsatisfied thirst for illusion.”

― Kobo Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

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Anthony Braxton

“Respect present day reality but insist on moving forward.” – Anthony Braxton

Frank Zappa

“Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.” – Frank Zappa

 

 

Frank Zappa
with the London Symphony Orchestra
January 1983

Anthony Braxton

“My friends call me Anthony ‘Beefheart Boy’ Braxton!” he says cheerfully.

“He was totally creative,” Braxton says of the late Captain Beefheart. “His compositions were outrageously beautiful and original. His ensemble was really special. Some people talk of Captain Beefheart as a far-out rock musician, but when I think of Beethoven, Duke Ellington, [saxophonist] Paul Desmond and Frankie Lymon, I can easily put Captain Beefheart in with my heroes and heroines.”

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….by the way, I’m a composer too.

Ornette Coleman

“I’m not interested in music, I’m interested in sound.” – Ornette Coleman

photo Andrea Boccalini

….by the way, I’m a composer too.