The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a gift for judgment. If you have it, you can say anything you like. If you haven't got it, you don't know you haven't got it.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.

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

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.

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