David Tudor Quotes

"I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off."
- David Tudor
(Related: Computer, Interest, Sound)

"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

"Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable."
- David Tudor

"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
(Related: Work, Gain, Sound)

"Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature."
- David Tudor

"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
(Related: Idea, Voice)

"I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste."
- David Tudor
(Related: Music, Taste)

"I persist in performing."
- David Tudor