Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there.
Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
I just hope that I'll stay around musically for as long as I can. I love to think that I will still be satisfying myself and other people as a musician until the day I die.
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.
Jazz was home. It created a hunger within me.
I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it.
I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.
The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically.
If you're going to go the way of 'American Idol,' then you better be able to do what you want musically, because just going for the fame will only keep you happy for so long.
Ultimately, I love making music more than anything. And I want to do that for ever. I don't want be on the top. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing.
I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.
The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.
Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.
Too many bands record an album and feel, 'Well, this is okay,' but after a time, they grow to not like it.
I know that I'm with the best people I can be, and my arsenal of sounds and songs and tracks is as good as it could possibly be. Don't be in a band unless you feel that.
But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.
I don't like listening to records a lot after they're done. There's just no real nourishment there for me.
'Back In The Saddle' - I never realised what a good riff that was, or at least how much it satisfied me. And when we play it live, it comes across much better than I ever expected it to.
I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.
Keyboardists whose chief asset is mere technique . . . more often than not astound us with their prowess without ever touching our sensibilities. They overwhelm our hearing without satisfying it and stun the mind without moving it.
I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and you also do this for other people.
If you play divine music, spiritual music, then you are bound to give and get satisfaction.
I get the most joy in life out of music.
