Understanding Is Simple. Knowing Is Complicated.

The Spoken Form Is In Fact A Very Restrained Representation Of What Is Possible In The Musical Language.

To Me, Art Is The Capacity To Experience One's Innocence: Craft Is How You Get To That Point. Maturity In A Musician Would Be The Point At Which One Is Innocent At Will. At That Point The Relationship Between Music And The Musician Is Direct And Reliable. The Relationship With Music Is Always Mysterious: When It Works, You Can Never Tell. You Can Never Guarantee When It's Going To Work. You Can Only To Put Yourself In A Place Where It's More Likely To Happen.

When A Record Company Makes A Mistake, The Artist Pays For It. When A Manager Makes A Mistake, The Artist Pays For It. When The Artist Makes A Mistake, The Artist Pays For It.

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

The Quality Of Artistry Is The Capacity To Assume Innocence At Will, The Quality Of Experiencing Innocence As If For The First Time.