Gavin Bryars Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.”

“I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.”

“Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.”

“The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.”

“When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.”