Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.

There are any number of things that survive great, and don't need any kind of consciousness, so why bother going through all the trouble of evolving monkeys that don't run very well or climb very fast or have particularly sharp teeth, but have big heads.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times.

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.

It's not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.