Glenn Kotche Quotes

#1. I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade.

Glenn Kotche

#2. As a drumset player I look outside the typical canon of drums - jazz and rock. When I hear something like the "Monkey Chant", even though there are no instruments on it at all, the rhythms are so intriguing.

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#3. I hope people just enjoy the music. I'm not worried about any sort of legacy. Whether people view me more as the drummer in Wilco or as a composer who composes primarily for rhythmic reasons - it doesn't matter to me as long as they dig the music. None of that matters to me if the music is crap.

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#4. I've always identified myself as a drummer first and foremost - I'm pretty obsessed with rhythm.

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#5. I have to have the reasons to make the record. There are just too many records out there, especially when it's something as audacious as a solo percussion record with solo drumming music on it. There better be a reason behind it.

Glenn Kotche

#6. I hope that people don't need to look at the liner notes to be affected by the music.

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#7. I was teaching drum lessons at a few high schools - everything from marching to classical to rock and jazz. I found that really rewarding, having to explain my thought process, having to think about stuff that I take for granted or as second nature.

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#8. I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music to live on, or trying to illustrate something in the lyrics.

Glenn Kotche