We Don't Make Music, It Makes Us

People Hear About Stuff From Their Friends Or A Magazine Or A Newspaper.

I Have Something To Say About The Difference Between American And European Cities, But I Forgot What It Was. I Have It Written Down At Home Somewhere.

I Resent The Implication That I'm Less Of A Musician And A Worse Person For Not Appreciating Certain Works.

The Assumption Is That Your Personal Life Has To Be A Mess To Create, But How Much Chaos Can You Allow In Before It Takes Over?

There Was An Op-ed Piece In The New York Times By An Evolutionary Biologist Or Somebody - Which Was A Curious Place For The Opinion To Come From - And He Said That There's No Such Thing As A Completely Free, Uncensored Medium, That People Censor Themselves All The Time, In Deference To Hurting Other People's Feelings, Or Offending Other Groups, Or In Their Own, Not To Provoke A Fight. And You Do Self-censor Certain Things, And It's Not Necessarily A Bad Thing. That's Just The Way Human Social Interaction Works.