John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
spiritual thinking faces
I was dealing with a lot of spiritual questions like "Who am I?" "What is God" "What is the meaning of life?" All of these questions that I think we can either face head on or choose to ignore, it's up to us.
spiritual believe i-believe
I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.
spiritual believe trying
There is really no spiritual message that I'm trying to convey with my music, it's just a personal thing. I really believe that the more personal we get, in a way, the more universal the implications.
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.
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.