It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.

The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening.

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May.

I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit.