I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes.

