The sources for artist quotes in this article are listed below:
The Practice of Musical Improvisation, Bertrand Denzler & Jean-Luc Guionnet, Bloomsbury, 2020
David Sylvian interviewed by Fiona Talkington, Late Junction, BBC Radio 3, 2009
David Sylvian interview, Jazz Magazine / Jazzman #607, Frédéric Goaty, 2009
The Invention of Solitude, Biba Kopf, The Wire, 2009
Let’s start with the word, davidsylvian.com, 2009
Crossing the River, Evan Parker Octet, sleevenotes, 2006
In a Sylvian Groove, Jim Fusilli, Wall Street Journal, 2009
David Sylvian interview, Niccol Vecchia, Patchanka Radio Popolare, 2009 (passages in Italian translated by Marta Roia)
Interview in Hamburg Luxury Hotel, translated on japansylvian.com, 2009
A Welcoming Silence (or the Eternal Amateur), davidsylvian.com, 2011
Hard Won Wisdom, A Conversation With David Sylvian, Robert Leeming, 2010
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