Serious Numbers Will Speak To Us Always.

When I Was 15, I Made A Solo Record. It Made Artie Very Unhappy. He Looked Upon It As Something Of A Betrayal.

I've Got A Reason To Believe We All Be Received In Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.

I Didn't Get How Big It Was Until I Went Home, Turned On The Television And Saw It On All The News, And Later That Night On The Front Pages Of All The Newspapers. Then I Got It.

Instead Of Thinking In Terms Of Chords, I Think Of Voice-leading; That Is, Melody Line And Bass Line, And Where The Bass Line Goes. If You Do That, You'll Have The Right Chord. [these Voices] Will Give You Some Alternatives, And You Can Play Those Different Alternatives To Hear Which One Suits Your Ear. Keep The Bass Line Moving So You Don't Stay In One Spot: If You Have An Interesting Bass Line And You Roll It Against The Melody, The Chords Are Going To Come Out Right.

And You Read Your Emily Dickinson, And I My Robert Frost. And We Note Our Place With Bookmarkers That Measure What Weve Lost.