Matthew Shipp quotes

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? (Matthew Shipp)
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing. View quote
Matthew Shipp
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. View quote
Matthew Shipp
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. View quote
Matthew Shipp
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. View quote
Matthew Shipp
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde. View quote
Matthew Shipp
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed. View quote
Matthew Shipp
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. View quote
Matthew Shipp