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

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.

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

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

However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.