And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the band.

What we hear is the quality of our listening.

The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?

Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.

Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.