It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years.
Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once.