The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes us into its confidence. As it is for the audience. In this moment everything else is irrelevant and without power. For those in music, this is the moment when life becomes real.

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

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

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

Music never goes away. It is always available, but we're not always available for music.

The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term aims & limited attention span, and do incredibly stupid things while things blow up. Apart from things blowing up, this is just like the music industry.