I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing.
John ZornGreat musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like
John ZornYou need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that.
John ZornPeople are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel inspired. And then there's people who you talk with and you go away feeling horrible, feeling drained, feeling like you're incapable of doing anything. Those people are psychic vampires and I now stay away from them.
John Zorn