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"With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible."
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"I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing."
"I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too."
"Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive."
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"I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it."
"I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s."
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