He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle and play and play. It didn't matter what key or tempo or what melody, they would keep on playing through their discordance until they found a common language.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.

What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.

Lets just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie's babies if it weren't being given to them in the first place.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.