You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought of. Even thought of! The idea, that here's this vital energy, and that element doesn't even know it…

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a...

Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a...

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

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

Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human...

Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human...

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...