for a few years and I ' ve walked past Rasta Manhattan and everything . Okay , yeah , true , man , true [ laughs ]. So , I think music is about that . Most music I can remember was like [ sings ] “ All you need is love / da da da da da .” That worked for a long period of time . It ' s just that without getting too confused , we are at the behest of these gigantic companies that make a lot of money . And money to them is a manna
from heaven . You know , it ' s the way people are . I don ' t know what ' s going to help other than make good music . You know , with all the love in the world , we are surrounded by unique energy . I was very blessed to wake up to the Devic world when I read a book by Vera Stanley Alder when I was with Yes . And I started reading for the first time . I wasn ' t a very good reader at school , that ' s for sure . I left school at 14 . I just wanted to get away from school because it wasn ' t doing me any good . And so , I was reading the book about the fairies and the Devic world and everything . Then I started reading Herman Hesse ’ s Siddhartha and Journey to the East . Then The Beatles did “ All You Need Is Love .” So , everything was peace , man . You know , it ' s really cool . Hey , why not ?
IE : Yeah , exactly . It feels like bad news is everywhere and it ’ s in your face all the time . It ’ s important to remember the simple things in life we take for granted , like waking up every day , the sunshine , hearing the birds , or hugging your loved ones . It ’ s so easy to take those things for granted . It ' s important to take a pause and just think like , you know , like maybe things aren ' t perfect , but this moment
is happening , and it brings me joy . JA : It will get better in time . Which again , going back to the new songs , to me , it ' s always about waking up to the sunrise , remembering the sun rises , and there it is every day . Thank you , sun . Peace , love , tourism [ laughs ]. That ’ s what I saw when I first went to China . I went to see a group of dancers and musicians from there – I had been studying the ancient music of China . And so , I went there to find out more about that . I got a plane from Hong Kong to a small airport in the south of China , and I never saw so many people smoking on a plane . I ' m sitting and there ' s smoke everywhere , like , wow , everybody ' s smoking like crazy ! I got off the plane , and it was a very small airport , but there was a big white sign and a big Chinese sign above it . And it said “ Peace , love , tourism .” I thought , “ That ' s so cool , man !” I had a good time in China .
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