The gift of music.

Ask me how I know that it is indeed a gift? Because I've had it taken away at different stages of my life and I've been an insufferable mess without it's presence in my world.

I've learned that it cannot be taken for granted.

Every time I hear Charles Mingus, Esperanza Spalding, Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Doug Gillard, Juliana Hatfield................I know they never take the gift for granted, and it reminds me to be grateful for the opportunity to hear what I hear, write what I write and play what I play, no matter who is or isn't around to listen.