If You Assume You Haven't Learned Anything

I Think That The Revolution In Music Is Over, And What's Left Is A Mop-up Action. It's A Matter Of The News Getting Out To Everybody Else. I Think That The Important Changes Have Already Happened, Changes In Consciousness. It's Mostly A Matter Of Everything Else Catching Up To That. Everything Is Traditionally Slow - Much Faster Than It Ever Has Been On Earth But Still Far, Far Too Slow.

Music Is A Universal Language Insofar As You Don't Need To Know Anything Else About A Musician That You Are Playing With Other Than That They Can Play Music. It Doesn't Matter What Their Music Is, You Can Find Something That You Can Play Together, With What Their Culture Is. The Dialect Part Of It Comes Into Play, But Nothing Like The Differentiation That Language Sets Up, For Example.

The Real Problems Are Cultural. The Problems Of The People Who Take Drugs As A Cultural Trap - I Think There's A Real Problem There, The Crack Stuff, The Hopelessness Of The Junkie. The Urban Angst.

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

You Need To Have Many Points Of Reference; Many Places To Touch Down And Make Contact With.