Top 13 Anna Meredith Quotes

#1. Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.

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#2. I try to listen to stuff that makes me happy for other reasons, rather than being musically inspiring.

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#3. I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd never be a technical electronic musician.

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#4. I had thought everyone in the electronic world would be so laid back, but there's as many cliques and prejudices as any other world.

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#5. With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.

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#6. I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to something you're hearing.

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#7. If I'm feeling confident, then I write confident, happy, or assured music. I can hear some early electronic sketches I did where I'm clearly not confident and everything's a bit mid-range, nothing really pushes through.

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#8. Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet." But it's most important to get the energy right.

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#9. There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense of performance into a piece yet.

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#10. It's the balance between wanting the power of electronics and having something real happening - if you want people to engage in what you're doing, I think that's important. I want to have fun with people, but that's hard to do with a laptop.

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#11. Quite often, when I describe to people what I want, I'll say "overwhelming" - I want it to feel like it's phy

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#12. I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.

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#13. I'm up for a massive, bombastic tour with hydraulics, robots, lasers, 15 costume changes, projecting on a power station, big impact, big visuals. I'd love to realize the theatricality of the whole thing. To be overwhelming, to surprise you, maybe to play in hidden spaces.

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