Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
It's getting too late in my life to care about the small things. It's getting too late to not be brave, to not live my life fully, to not try to be an artist. Trivial things like how nice your hotel room is, or if you have to be naked for a while, they fade away.
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to say something. Once I've run out of things to say, I'll be done.
You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not interested.'
Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.
I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.
There are times when what you do will be mysterious to everyone... times when you have to change directions before people are ready. Just because someone does something that critics don't like or understand doesn't mean you're failing as a musician. It probably means you're growing.