“Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.” — David Newman Quote

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.

The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to anything.

To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of.

I think there has never ever been a career like John Williams'. That whole 'Jaws' phenomenon - there's nobody that knows how to use music like Spielberg, and John is just the perfect analog to Spielberg.

I want to write theater pieces, opera, or some kind of amalgamation where there is singing, music and theater.

I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

In many ways, I think about the possibility that there could still be a Yes in 100 or 200 years from now, just like a live symphony orchestra.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

To me, my guitar has always been my orchestra.

If anything, when I was young, I wanted to be an orchestra.