Flying

Great music is intensely in the moment. When the love of the music overcomes the ego, that's when the magic happens. It's no longer a group of individual musicians playing parts that happen to go together. It's like the collective consciousness of the universe suddenly bursting through a single point in time and space, expressing itself. It's the closest you can get to flying without leaving the ground.

The Zen of Funk

The groove is not about getting somewhere fast. There's no payoff at the end of the thing, no destination outside of itself. It's about being totally in the moment, right here, right now. That's the Zen of funk. People who don't get it are too busy trying to get somewhere else, instead of just grooving to the music of life.