In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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