Diversity is its most consistent characteristic….The characteristics of freely improvised music — Derek Bailey
Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic — Derek Bailey
Personally, I’ve found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else’s — Derek Bailey
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music. — Derek Bailey
I’ve always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn’t the faintest idea what was going on. — Derek Bailey
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me. — Derek Bailey
I wouldn’t want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach — Derek Bailey
I’m not much into current electronic stuff, what I think of as lounge electronics, mumbling electronics. — Derek Bailey
I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people. — Derek Bailey
Personally, I’ve found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has — Derek Bailey
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. — Derek Bailey
In fact it’s quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this — Derek Bailey
In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don’t think there is any comparison. — Derek Bailey
Even if it is difficult playing with other people – sometimes it’s great, sometimes it isn’t — Derek Bailey