I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.
If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by nature.
So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

