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The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work.

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in.

I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.

The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.

In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artifacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule.