I'm Not Exactly An Angry Young Person.

Among The Important Realizations I Had In My Own Days In The Practice Room Was That If Any One Route To Any One Phrase Didn't Work After Days Of Trying, Then The Exact Opposite Route Should At Least Be Explored, As Well As Every Alternative In Between, As Counterintuitive As That Often Seemed.

Music Enabled Me As A Fragile Young Person To Give Voice To Emotions I Could Barely Name, And How It Enables Me To Give My Voice The Unique And Mysterious Power To Speak To Others.

For Years, I Had No Time For Exploratory Travel.

I'm Not A Reactionary.

Your Brain Has A Music Room, And Evolution Would Not Have Gone To The Trouble Of Designing That If It Didn't Have Some Benefits. So, That Suggests To Me That We And Our Ancestors Have Had Music As A Central Part Of Our Experience For Eons. And We're Just Beginning To Understand How That Might Be. I Think That's Fascinating.