"The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible."
"The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music."
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Source: Space is still the place by W. Kim Heron, www.metrotimes.com. June 6, 2007.
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