The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.

The aim is freedom conscience and truth

The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the transistors, the speakers, the alloys in the receiver itself, but never to concern himself overmuch with putting out the program. The program is there; all he has to do is receive it as far as possible.

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.