Love must be at the center of great music-making.
Not always romantic love, but love nonetheless. Love of friends. Love for the human connection. Love for music.
Deep connection is at the core of all the best music I’ve ever experienced. The connection comes from love. Without that core, the music will fall flat. No matter how virtuosic, without love it fails.
If we aren’t centering, cultivating, and talking about the love that helps foster great music, we are going to fail at making great music in the long term.