John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
important musician notes
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.
funny inspiring musician
When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.
spiritual musician language
Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.
musician spirituality music-is
Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.
inspiration musician life-is
The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.
fell love
We fell in love with the country, and we never went back.
asia attracted cultures japanese mind particular zen
I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit.
diet either health less meditation several sports vegetarian yoga
I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga or sport several times a week.
cloud goodwill people reservoir side trying
People still say they want him to succeed. They want him to do well. There is a reservoir of goodwill for him. What the other side is doing, they're just trying to cloud his objectives.
lose love student teachers tragic
Teachers love their students, to lose a student is really a tragic thing.
audio control doubt heart music revolution
MIDI, and its development into audio control and manipulation, is without doubt at the heart of the revolution in music today.
catching guy jigsaw knows picture puzzle seeing solve terrorists trying
Catching terrorists is sometimes like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle without seeing the picture on the box, ... This is a guy who knows the picture on the box. He knows what the big picture is.
fine music
I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
ability faith great
I have a great faith in every generation's ability to come up with its own music.