John Zorn Quotations

Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions.

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something beautiful to every single person you run into at every moment of the day, so how can you play favorites with somebody?

That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.

Well, in Japan, I have got a group of musicians that I have worked with a lot, that concentrate just on the hardcore stuff, say, that Naked City has been working on. We have like a repertoire of sixty songs now.

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.

I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive

You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy

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