Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark. Nobody knows what is going to happen to him from one moment to the next, or how one will bear it. This is irreducible. And it’s true of everybody. Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.
“I played a solo concert a couple of years ago in Champaign Urbana, Illinois, and after there was discussion with the audience. Somebody asked, why do you play music like that? It wasn’t confrontational; it was simply a question of why. I’d never thought about it, but my answer came very quickly: I do it because I learn. The person then said, what do you learn? I said I didn’t know, but I know I learn something every time. Sometimes it’s about me, sometimes it’s about the music, and sometimes it’s about something else – but it’s always a revelation.”
Joe Giardullo