How Music Works

I also realized then that it was possible to mix ironic humor with sincerity in performance.

And, unlike religion, no one has ever gone to war over music.

The disenfranchised and invisible could be heard with this new machine.

musical partnerships have often led me to places I might not otherwise

To look like a rebel was to pigeonhole yourself in advance as someone who spoke only to other rebels.

History and culture can’t really be preserved by technology alone.

In the long run there is a greater value for humanity in empowering folks to make and create than there is in teaching them the canon of great works.

white nerdy guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold.

the West, how things are organized is more important than what those things are.