To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

Physical contact is a human necessity.

Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's (Thompson) songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good.

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.