David Amram Quotes

• Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

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• A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

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• Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

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• Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special.

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• Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

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• I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

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• I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era.

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• I wish to share and pass down some of my generation’s traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

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• In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

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• In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead.

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• In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

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• Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

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• That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another – by collaborating with one another and creating your own network – you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there.

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• That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything – people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

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• That is what I did with Jack, and that’s why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

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• There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them.

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• The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty.

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• The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

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• The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us.

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• We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.

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David Amram (23)

Birth:	17th November, 1930
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Composer, Music Conductor, Musician

About

David Amram was born in New York City, New York. He is an American composer, conductor, musician and author. He is mentioned in the popular children's song "Peanut Butter Sandwich" by Raffi, in the line "one for me and one for David Amram". He is also the author of three books: Vibrations, an autobiography; Offbeat: Collaborating With Kerouac, a memoir; and Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat, all published by Paradigm Publishers. He is currently writing his fourth book, "David Amram: The Next 80 Years," to be published in 2014. He also plays piano, numerous flutes and whistles, percussion, and dozens of folkloric instruments from 25 countries, as well as being an improvisational lyricist.

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