I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else.
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.
Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoist