I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state..

Beginner's luck is great for beginners..

Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy..

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes..

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business..

If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world in which the apprentice l….

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated..

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end..

The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time..

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible..

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, includin….

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 confidenc….

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable..

I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor….

The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term a….

There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band..

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice..

Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say….

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment..

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility..