Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.

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I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.

I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.

You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign...

You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign...

So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra,...

So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra,...

Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative...

Well, remember that we were all members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative...

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the...

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the...

But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and...

But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and...

People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.

People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently...

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently...

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.

Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult...

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult...

I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part...

I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part...

We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.

We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides,...

I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides,...

Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to...

Well, by the end of the millennium, five, six months from now, we hope to...

When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real...

When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real...

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma...

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma...

The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's...

The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's...

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been...

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been...

You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one...

You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one...