Matthew Shipp Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Matthew Shipp
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. — Matthew Shipp
People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world. — Matthew Shipp
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. — Matthew Shipp
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing? — Matthew Shipp
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde. — Matthew Shipp
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. — Matthew Shipp
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed. — Matthew Shipp
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing. — Matthew Shipp