American Society Has Gone Completely Into Denial.

How Many Beethovens Are There That Just For Lack Of The Training, The World Doesn't Get Exposed To.

But Hey, When You Live In Watts, You Need A Little Smack To Get By, You Know What I Mean? You Need Something Soft And Comfortable In Your Life, 'cause You're Not Going To Get It From What's Around You. And Society Isn't Going To Give It To You.

Things Come Up From The Outside, The Outside World Says, Okay, You Have Do This, You Have To Go Here And Here And Here, And These Are Your Options. You Can Be Here Or You Can Be Here. You Can Do This, Or You Can Do This. You Can Go Here, Or You Can Go There. So Each One Of Those Things Becomes A Place Of Decision, And The Way We Make Decisions Is That We All Get Together And If Somebody Doesn't Feel Right About It Or It Doesn't Seem To Sit Right, Usually We'll Go With The No Vote. If Somebody's Not Comfortable With It, We'll Figure It's Not Going To Be Worth Doing.

The Only Way Things Work Around Here Is If Everybody Wants It To Work. If Everybody Wants It To Work, Then It Has A Prayer. Even Then, There's No Guarantee. But At Least It Has A Prayer.

I Recognize That As A Musician There Is A Certain Chauvinism Attached To It, Which Is The Thing Of, "i Spent My Time Learning How To Play. You Didn't Spend Time Learning How To Play, Therefore, You Are Not A Musician."