The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

We don't make music - it makes us.

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

We tend to mistake music for the physical object.

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.

There's more good music being made now than ever before.

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.