I Think Anybody Who Goes Away Finds

I Want To Investigate Different Cultures, To See How Their Identities And Values Affect Their Music. It's One Way I Can Get To Know Our World, At Least To A Certain Depth.

But An Innovation, To Grow Organically From Within, Has To Be Based On An Intact Tradition, So Our Idea Is To Bring Together Musicians Who Represent All These Traditions, In Workshops, Festivals, And Concerts, To See How We Can Connect With Each Other In Music.

Our Cultural Strength Has Always Been Derived From Our Diversity Of Understanding And Experience.

There's A Part Of Me That's Always Charging Ahead. I'm The Curious Kid, Always Going To The Edge.

This Middle Age Thing Is A Little Weird. Some Friends And Mentors Are Gone, And There's A Very Forward-looking New Generation Coming Up Behind Me. So It's Very Much Finding My Own Place.