Marc Ribot Quotes

• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• I am on the side of pluralistic societies, and I will do whatever I can - by the best means available and any means necessary - to protect spaces that encourage open communication between people.

  Marc Ribot

  Communication, Mean, Space

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• Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

  Marc Ribot

  Directors

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• I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt.

  Marc Ribot

  Mean, Guitar, Pieces

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• Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.

  Marc Ribot

  One Direction, Europe, Sound

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• Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.

  Marc Ribot

  Running, Thinking, Europe

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• I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.

  Marc Ribot

  Hate, Europe, Want

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• I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene.

  Marc Ribot

  Strong, Years, Political

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• Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.

  Marc Ribot

  Europe, Achievement, Different

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