You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Music itself is not going to let you down.

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians.