I believe that the only excuse we have for being musicians and for making music in any fashion, is to make it differently, to perform it differently, to establish the music's difference, vis-a-vis our own difference.
The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.
I don't approve of people who watch television, but I am one of them.
A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.
Once I turned pro, so to speak, I put away childish things forever.
If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing