Gunther Schuller

As long as I'm healthy and can keep going that's what I'll do. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#healthy #i #keep #keep going #long

After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#classical #fusion #had #hold #jazz

As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#even #live #live music #more #music

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#exciting #hate #i #life #me

I would like to read some books: I don't have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#books #continue #i #like #read

So this anchoring in some way, in some important way in the past without repeating the past, but on the basis of the past building something new: that is what is important. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#basis #building #important #important way #in the past

Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#life #me #music #music is my life #my life

You know, I'm not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I'm going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I'm no millionaire! ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#going #gonna #good #heaven #hell