Matthew Shipp is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 63 years old and still alive, born December 7, 1960.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism.
Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Matthew.
8 Famous quotes by Matthew Shipp
"Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name"
"I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed"
"What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate"
"I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde"
"His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?"
"People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world"
"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point"
"Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing"
