The arts speak across epochs. If you think that people started to build a cathedral in 1315 and the people worked on that cathedral, it wasn't going to be finished until 1585. So they were thinking 200 years from now. Maybe by the time I die, this wall might be put up.
Wynton MarsalisAnd that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
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