He didn’t try to make music that everyone would like. He tried to make music that he liked.
“It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions,” said American poet Robert Bly.
Years ago, there was a young musician in the Bay Area who made a living giving banjo lessons. Each of his students came on a certain day of the week. One evening, however, the teacher was waiting and waiting for someone to show up for a lesson. No one did. This puzzled the teacher, who […]