What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn't necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words do, you get a much cruder version of what was actually intended.
Brian EnoThe reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.
Brian EnoSongs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.
Brian Eno