I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.
You have to know composition to be a good improviser.
If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.
I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.
I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.
I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you would not say that you have changed. Similarly, when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God.
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. " A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.