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Then Certainly For A Musician Timing Becomes Something That Is Immediately Accessible As A Concept, Because It's A Necessity In Ones Everyday Performance.

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.

The Way We Describe Our World Shows How We Think Of Our World. How We Think Of Our World Governs How We Interpret Our World. How We Interpret Our World Directs How We Participate In The World. How We Participate In The World Shapes The World.

The Plot Details Of B Movies Are Irrational: Accept That People Do Things That Are Contradictory, Against Their Own Best Interests, Have Short Term Aims & Limited Attention Span, And Do Incredibly Stupid Things While Things Blow Up. Apart From Things Blowing Up, This Is Just Like The Music Industry.

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.