Quotes by Harold Budd

• But that's fine, because I like to have control of the ambience.
• I felt Brighton was a perfect ending to a really interesting career.
• I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
• I'm not really a pianist.
• I'm somebody who plays the piano... sometimes.
• Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
• When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.