Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
Even if you’re improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
If you’re all loaded up on love, you haven’t got anywhere else to go.
I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.
The avant-garde makes more sense to me.