Sometimes it takes just living your life a certain way to be able to open yourself to the rhythm of the cosmos.

People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

You just never know when somebodys gonna die. It could happen at any moment so youve got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them.

So I use a tape recorder a lot to record ideas.

I am very happy to be alive. There is much fun to be had. Music, movies, books, paintings, drawingsI hope you have these things where you are. If you have them, what does the real world matter anyway?

Make sure you stay in touch with beauty instead of letting the ugliness of the world corrupt your soul