David Amram Quotes

David Amram Quotes & Quotations
Name:
David Amram quotes
Type:
Composer quotes
Nationality:
American quotes
Birth day:
November 17
Birth year:
1930

  • 1
    A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. David Amram quotes
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    At times I might play some kind of folkloric flute, although I didn't play those with the frequency or the skill then as I do now. David Amram quotes
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    Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot. David Amram quotes
  • 4
    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. David Amram quotes
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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. David Amram quotes
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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. David Amram quotes
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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. David Amram quotes
  • 8
    Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture. David Amram quotes
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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. David Amram quotes
  • 10
    The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in. David Amram quotes
  • 11
    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. David Amram quotes
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    The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us. David Amram quotes
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    There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored that can speak to them. David Amram quotes
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    We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings. David Amram quotes
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    When he was reading, I would submerge myself into whatever it was he was reading, and I tried to anticipate what would happen next. David Amram quotes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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