When The Music Arrives In

I Think I'm Built Like A Painter. I Have Friends Who Are Painters And They Reflect A Similar Psychological Attitude Towards Their Work. They Don't Know What's Coming Next, They Just Wait For The Message, For Orders To Come And Then Off They Go On Their Next Project.

For Me, Rhythm Is A Type Of Divine Mathematics In A Way. No Matter Where You're From, We Can All Understand The Mathematics Of Rhythm. I Try To Apply This Mathematical Thinking To My Playing.

The Mathematics Of Rhythm Are Universal. They Don't Belong To Any Particular Culture.

I Practice All The Scales. Everyone Should Know Lots Of Scales. Actually, I Feel There Are Only Scales. What Is A Chord, If Not The Notes Of A Scale Hooked Together?

If I Can Get Out Of The Way, If I Can Be Pure Enough, If I Can Be Selfless Enough, And If I Can Be Generous And Loving And Caring Enough To Abandon What I Have In My Own Preconceived Silly Notions Of What I Think I Am - And Become Truly Who In Fact I Am, Which Is Really Just Another Child Of God - Then The Music Can Really Use Me. And Therein Lies My Fulfillment. That's When The Music Starts To Happen.