Me And A Book Is A Party.

What Is Necessary Is Possible, What We Want Is Expensive. What Is Unnecessary Is Unlikely.

So, You Can Set Up An Orchestra Down This End Of The Railway Station Playing One Particular Area, And Simultaneously At The Other End Something Completely Different Going On. And In The Middle They Meet, Or Not, Depending.

Music So Wishes To Be Heard That It Sometimes Calls On Unlikely Characters To Give It Voice.

The Creative Musician ... Is ... The Radio Receiver, Not The Broadcasting Station. His Personal Discipline Is To Improve The Quality Of The Components, The Transistors, The Speakers, The Alloys In The Receiver Itself, But Never To Concern Himself Overmuch With Putting Out The Program. The Program Is There; All He Has To Do Is Receive It As Far As Possible.

If You Are Playing Repertoire Material, You're Stuck. There's Not Huge Amounts You Can Do.