When I First Heard Music,

I'd Been Getting Bored With The Stereotyped Changes (harmonies) That Were Being Used All The Time. I Found That By Using The Higher Intervals Of A Chord As A Melody Line And Backing Them With Appropriately Related Changes I Could Play The Thing I'd Been Hearing. I Came Alive.

It's Just Music. It's Playing Clean And Looking For The Pretty Notes.

I'm Very Glad To Have Met You. I Like Your Playing Very Much.

Music Is Your Own Experience, Your Own Thoughts, Your Wisdom.

You've Got To Learn Your Instrument. Then, You Practice, Practice, Practice. And Then, When You Finally Get Up There On The Bandstand, Forget All That And Just Wail.