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Human Beings Have The Incredible Capacity For Denial. I Think They Do. And Although It's Really Hard To Believe, I Have My Doubts. But My Feeling Is That First They Have To Convince Themselves. First They Have To Justify This Stuff To Themselves And If They Can Do That, Even For Just The Moment That It's Coming Out Their Mouth, Then They Can Kind Of Mouth It With Kind Of Believable Sincerity, Even If Some Of Us.

We Don't Make Music, It Makes Us

The Two Biggest Self-deceptions Of All Are That Life Has A 'meaning'and Each Of Us Is Unique.

A Dissection Of Music Perception And Creation That Starts Slowly And Inexorably Builds To A Grand Finish. I Loved Reading That Listening To Music Coordinates More Disparate Parts Of The Brain Than Almost Anything Else--and Playing Music Uses Even More! Despite Illuminating A Lot Of What Goes On This Book Doesn't "spoil" Enjoyment- It Only Deepens The Beautiful Mystery That Is Music.

One Of The Benefits Of Playing To Small Audiences In Small Clubs For A Few Years Is That You're Allowed To Fail.