What we do is as American as lynch mobs. America has always been a complex place.

How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn't get exposed to.

Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is going to be a common ground.

The point is there is more information now then you can pass along comfortably in an oral tradition, say a strictly speaking culture. That is a problem.

I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren't many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.

With the recognition comes additional responsibility, because then we're no longer a one-shot. We're now part of the environment.