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I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

John Zorn

Work

People

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I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and they tell me what they want, and then I act like a mirroring device so that everyone can see what the cues are.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

John Zorn

Musicians

For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff going on. People's ears are really open, they are not closed. A lot of scenes here, people just get tunnel vision and are into one thing.

Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

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.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

John Zorn

Being

Like you have seven people with their hands up. I gotta make a choice. Y'know, that's tough. Sometimes I gotta go with someone that has an idea and make several calls in a row, because they got an idea.

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