Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes together, it creates such a fine sound.

When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."

I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of the CDs and LPs, especially the LPs, people like it. I was impressed.

Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.

I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974, and I finally developed my own style of singing.

I don't think I differentiate between composition and improvisation. Improvisation could be a large part of a composition.

I don't want to release things too similar to each other. I've been working on selecting something different from my other work.

Miracle: to love more with an irreparable heartache

I sometimes wonder if life isn’t a giant mirror that reflects back at me everything I hold up to it.

The very air they breathed was almost a juice.

Life should be touched, not strangled.

You could sit around and feel sorry for yourself or you can go out and do things for others.

The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency.

I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.