As the mother's womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth. . . Therefore look forward without fear to that appointed hour- the last hour of the body, but not of the soul. . . That day, which you fear as being the end of all things, is the birthday of your eternity.
Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.