Daily Inspiration Quote by Klaus Schulze

Schulze’s line lands like a shrug with a synth behind it: a tidy deflation of the romantic myth that the “composer” is either a lone genius or a band guy, nothing in between. “Yes” is doing quiet work here. It reads like a response to an accusation or a label he’s been forced to wear: the public wants to sort artists into clean categories, and Schulze answers with a mild correction that’s also a boundary.

The second sentence shifts from identity to practice. “I also like to play with others” sounds communal, even generous, but it’s immediately qualified: “sometimes more, sometimes less.” That’s not indecision; it’s a statement of control. Collaboration, for Schulze, is a variable, not a moral badge. In electronic music especially, where one person can build an entire universe in a room, “playing with others” can mean anything from full-band interplay to brief, strategic guest appearances. He’s framing that spectrum as normal, not as a betrayal of authenticity.

The subtext is a rejection of purity tests: the idea that you’re only “real” if you suffer alone, or only “legit” if you’re part of a scene. Coming from a composer associated with the long-form, studio-centered ethos of German electronic music, the line reads like a calm insistence that solitude and sociability are both tools. The real point isn’t whether he collaborates; it’s that he decides when, and how much.