King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.
Jazz is more raw than punk in a lot of ways. It's so expressive. A lot of people say to me, especially older people, 'It took me ages to get into jazz.'
My experience with playing in odd time signatures was progressive rock and learning King Crimson songs as a kid coming up and maybe learning Pink Floyd, 'Money,' that kind of thing.
Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
I was listening to a lot of math rock-y type bands do lots of complex stuff and I couldn't figure out how they were doing it. Then I realized that sometimes they were finger tapping, so I started messing around doing it.
I deal with more complex rhythmical patterns than a regular tap dancer. I even think in rhythms.
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.
I don't have many easy songs.
It's so refreshing to just play straight-ahead music with lots of twists.
