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" As far as favorite tunes, 'You Know You Know' is one, and why it is important is difficult to say. The rhythmic cycle is very interesting and challenging to play, since it can be considered three bars of 4/4 or four bars of 3/4. 'The Dance of Maya' is another, and I have to mention 'Sanctuary.' "
Dance
Important
Interesting
" At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds. "
Play
Musicians
Romantic
" I already experimented with free jazz in the 1960s and, in my opinion, to play free jazz, you have to be a perfect musician and a perfect human being - and none of us are! "
Perfect
Play
Opinion
" I discovered flamenco when I was 14, before I even got involved with jazz music. I was so crazy about flamenco music. I wanted to be a flamenco guitar player. "
Guitar
Jazz
Involved
" I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself. "
Care
Long
Music
" 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. "
Goal
Way
Music
" I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. "
Find
Blues
You
" I have a great affection for Indian culture and music. "
Culture
Indian
Great
" I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy. "
Music
Sit
Down
" In 1978, I was in Paris - I was in someone's car and listening to the radio - and on comes Paco de Lucia. I'd never heard of this chap, and I just thought, 'I have to meet him.' And I was very lucky; I found him very quickly. Crazily enough, he happened to be in Paris! "
Listening
Paris
Thought
" In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right. "
Right
Religions
Me
" Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes. "
Interaction
Important
Notes
" 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. "
Health
Meditation
Week
" 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. "
Culture
Studying
Mind
" Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world. "
Miles
Himself
World
" My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.' "
Music
Life
Work
" One of the advantages of playing in a club is that even with bass and drums, the atmosphere remains intimate with the audience. "
Club
Drums
Playing
" Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are. "
Truly
Spontaneity
Only
" The first LP, 'Inner Mounting Flame,' is, of course, one of my favorites, and also 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond.' But the others are also very dear to me. "
Others
Me
Inner
" The Mahavishnu Orchestra - when it came out, it was an explosion, completely unexpected as far as I was concerned. I was just forming a band. "
Band
Unexpected
Just
" The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. "
Culture
Mathematics
Rhythm
" The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to. "
Music
You
Talk
" There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial. "
Commercial
Kinds
Other
" When Mahavishnu came out in '71, the unbelievable reaction to the band was a real shock to me. It was a shock to everybody. "
Band
Me
Shock
" You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have. "
Doing
You
End
" You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody. "
Tomorrow
You
Older
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