There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in the same room! What I mean and what you take from it may be two quite different things anyway.

My roots are in my record player.

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.

I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.