It is good to labor; it is also good to rest from labor.
Being a professional does not have a very high standard.
If it's something that I just can't get anywhere with, even if I think this could be a hit, I just drop it and it doesn't get developed.
There are things I've kept over the years and then someday I might pull up a program of some tune that I've done and I go "Wow, I know what to do with this now".
I married my Japanese wife Mayumi who I'm so happy with, she's been so supportive. I live part time in Japan at her house, so I've been always very influenced by Japan. Since I guess the 70's or so. I've come to appreciate so much of their culture.
I try to put what's evocative in the music to me, I try and put that out there in terms of titles and imagery, or implication towards the listener.
In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But etymologists know that sex is secretly food.
If everything in the past has value, then there’s no reason for regret, ever.
I've always been shy, but in New Orleans there were times my shyness would cause me actual physical pain. I'd get so claustrophobic around people that I'd bend over from the sickness in my stomach. That's not a good way to be when you're famous, obviously.
If someone asks me a question it is very difficult not to answer honestly.