“I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.”
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Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.
Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion.
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future.