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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: "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 think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me."

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.



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: "My roots are in my record player."

My roots are in my record player.



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: "Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!"

Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!




Evan Parker Quotes: "In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations."

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.



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.



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: "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: "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: "Of course I knew the work of Roland Kirk and Harry Carney and the specific uses they would make of circular breathing, so I knew it was physically possible."

Of course I knew the work of Roland Kirk and Harry Carney and the specific uses they would make of circular breathing, so I knew it was physically possible.



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: "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: "A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts."

A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts.



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: "I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on."

I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.



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: "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: "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.