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I Suppose An Artist Takes The Elements Of His Life And Rearranges Them And Then Has Them Perceived By Others As Though They Were The Elements Of Their Lives.

People Often Called Us Perfectionists, But We Were Not Looking For Perfection. We Were Looking For Some Kind Of Magic In The Music.

Instead Of Thinking In Terms Of Chords, I Think Of Voice-leading; That Is, Melody Line And Bass Line, And Where The Bass Line Goes. If You Do That, You'll Have The Right Chord. [these Voices] Will Give You Some Alternatives, And You Can Play Those Different Alternatives To Hear Which One Suits Your Ear. Keep The Bass Line Moving So You Don't Stay In One Spot: If You Have An Interesting Bass Line And You Roll It Against The Melody, The Chords Are Going To Come Out Right.

I Really Don't Know What Exactly All The Songs Mean. Sometimes Other People Have Meanings And When I Hear Them I Think, 'that's Really A Better Meaning Than I Thought, And Perfectly Valid, Given The Words That Exist.' So Part Of What Makes A Song Really Good Is That People Take In Different Meanings, And They Apply Them, And They Might Be More Powerful Than The Ones I'm Thinking.

I Would Not Be Convicted By A Jury Of My Peers, Still Crazy After All These Years.