John Zorn Quotes

• I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

  John Zorn

• I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I’m doing or get involved in what they’re doing.

  John Zorn

• I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

  John Zorn

• I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

  John Zorn

• I have about two or three people, we don’t have an office, we don’t even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

  John Zorn

• I don’t control it at all. It’s all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and they tell me what they want, and then I act like a mirroring device so that everyone can see what the cues are.

  John Zorn

• Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don’t like.

  John Zorn

• For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff going on. People’s ears are really open, they are not closed. A lot of scenes here, people just get tunnel vision and are into one thing.

  John Zorn

• Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

  John Zorn

• As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don’t support you any more.

  John Zorn

• And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

  John Zorn

John Zorn (31)

Birth:	2nd September, 1953
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Composer, Saxophonist

About

John Zorn was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an American composer and saxophonist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres, including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. He was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".

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