“I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.” WayGivingMindJobsFormGoalParticular Author:John McLaughlin
“When the music arrives in my mind, it gives me the direction and the form at the same time. It's integrated into the music itself.” GivingMindFormGive MeIntegrated Author:John McLaughlin
“In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very complex, and very challenging. In order to play in fifteen, or eleven, or seven or even five, you have to have mastered that time in order to be able to be free with the music.” PlayUseAbleFormCertainOrderChallengesFiveLessonsMusicianComplexesSevenIndianFifteenEleven Author:John McLaughlin
