There's an evolutionary imperative why we give a crap about our family and friends, and there's an evolutionary imperative why we don't give a crap about anybody else. If we loved all people indiscriminately, we couldn't function.

Try to let what is unfair teach you.

How totally banal of you to ask what I really mean.

You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't.

Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio

There's an evolutionary imperative why we give a crap about our family and friends, and there's an evolutionary imperative why we don't give a crap about anybody else. If we loved all people indiscriminately, we couldn't function.

It looks like you can write a minimalist piece without much bleeding. And you can. But not a good one.