You could say, without losing a great deal, that the purpose of music is to make emotional textures [clear and understandable] enough to serve as a narrative canvas. Which is why the pop-psych idea of having a theme song for your life is so attractive when you are young. To be young is to feel with more intensity than your capacity for making emotions legible can handle. So you seek external scaffolding. source
“Before you play two notes, learn how to play one note, y’know. And that, it’s as simple as that really. And don’t play one note unless you’ve got a reason to play it.”
Mark Hollis
"Must be the music
Got me in a trance, making me high
Must be the music
No escaping this, don’t even try
Must be the music
Got me in a trance, making me high
Must be the music
No escaping this, don’t even try "
I am a simple man. I don’t like complications. The same in music. I like what is natural, to read what the music demands and I try to do my best. The same in life. For me, this is civilisation.