Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.
“I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.”
“You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key.”