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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.

The Only Reward The Musician Receives Is Music: The Privilege Of Standing In The Presence Of Music When It Leans Over And Takes Us Into Its Confidence. As It Is For The Audience. In This Moment Everything Else Is Irrelevant And Without Power. For Those In Music, This Is The Moment When Life Becomes Real.

In Terms Of An Identity, An Identity Reflects An Individuality, By Definition. And, If There Is A Quality Present, It Is Recognizable And It Can Be Named. If You Can't Name It, It Means You Don't Recognize It.

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.