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

The aim is freedom conscience and truth

Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world in which the apprentice lives no.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

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