"wild pink break"
Bley, Dugan, Brock-Broido, Issa, Stravinsky, Coleman
Paul Bley:
My solo piano playing is a question in itself. The question is ‘why?,’ and after ‘why?’ comes ‘what?,’ and after ‘what?’ comes ‘when?’
Alan Dugan:
Lucie Brock-Broido:
In late August of 1988, my book, A Hunger, was published. I had gone to visit Stanley Kunitz, who was my prophet-teacher, and told him, “That’s it for me, I have nothing more.” And he said, though the well is dry it will replenish itself, and to just let it go for now.
Issa:
Igor Stravinsky:
It is only music that matters. But to talk of music is risky, and entails responsibility. Therefore some find it preferable to seize on side issues. It is easy, and enables you to pass as a deep thinker.
Wanda Coleman:
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