David Tudor Quotes and Sayings
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I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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I persist in performing. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑
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The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself. David Tudor | Refcard PDF ↑