quote from Jimi Hendrix

“You see, music is so important. I don’t any longer dig the pop and politics crap. That’s old-fashioned. It was somebody’s personal opinion. But politics is old hat. Anyone can go round shaking babies by the hand and kissing the mothers, and saying that it was groovy. But you see, you can’t do this in music. Music doesn’t lie. I agree it can be misinterpreted, but it doesn’t lie. When there are vast changes in the way the world goes, it’s usually something like art and music that changes it. Music is going to change the world next time.”Jimi Hendrix, 1970

interview with Bill Frisell

“The music is a …  model of what human beings can be.  When you think of all the words you use to describe music, you say harmony or tension and release and consonance and dissonance, harmony, rhythm.  It’s a way of fitting things together.  It shows you how people can be together….”Bill Frisell, Nevada Capital News 1/12/19

read and listen to the full interview in Nevada Capital News