From an article in today's Los Angeles Times, "60 Seconds With... Charles Lloyd":
LA TIMES: ON MARCH 15 YOU TURNED 70. THE BAND YOU'RE WORKING WITH PROBABLY AVERAGES HALF THAT AGE. HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
CHARLES LLOYD: There don't seem to be any problems with our age or chemistry, and that's a beautiful thing. I don't know that the age thing has to impede what informs us. And I've learned not to blow fuses the way I did as a young man.
LA TIMES: YOU'VE ALSO BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL IN A BUSINESS SENSE THAN MANY JAZZ MUSICIANS, ESPECIALLY WITH REAL ESTATE.
CHARLES LLOYD: An artist friend, back in the '60s, once said to me, "You've got to find a way to endow your creativity." And that was a landmark saying to me. Because we never grew up thinking about money. We grew up thinking about how to be better at this music. But when I first went to Malibu in '69 there was a sign on the highway that said, "Welcome to Malibu the Gold Coast, where one good investment is worth a lifetime of labor." And that thought wasn't wasted on me.
LA TIMES: YOU'VE BEEN EXPLORING THE SPIRITUAL TRADITION OF VEDANTA FOR MANY YEARS. HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOU?
CHARLES LLOYD: We should be kind to each other. We're passing through here, it's not our home, and you can't build a house on a bridge, but the winds of grace are always blowing, and if we set our sails high, we can experience them.
LA TIMES: ON MARCH 15 YOU TURNED 70. THE BAND YOU'RE WORKING WITH PROBABLY AVERAGES HALF THAT AGE. HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
CHARLES LLOYD: There don't seem to be any problems with our age or chemistry, and that's a beautiful thing. I don't know that the age thing has to impede what informs us. And I've learned not to blow fuses the way I did as a young man.
LA TIMES: YOU'VE ALSO BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL IN A BUSINESS SENSE THAN MANY JAZZ MUSICIANS, ESPECIALLY WITH REAL ESTATE.
CHARLES LLOYD: An artist friend, back in the '60s, once said to me, "You've got to find a way to endow your creativity." And that was a landmark saying to me. Because we never grew up thinking about money. We grew up thinking about how to be better at this music. But when I first went to Malibu in '69 there was a sign on the highway that said, "Welcome to Malibu the Gold Coast, where one good investment is worth a lifetime of labor." And that thought wasn't wasted on me.
LA TIMES: YOU'VE BEEN EXPLORING THE SPIRITUAL TRADITION OF VEDANTA FOR MANY YEARS. HOW HAS IT AFFECTED YOU?
CHARLES LLOYD: We should be kind to each other. We're passing through here, it's not our home, and you can't build a house on a bridge, but the winds of grace are always blowing, and if we set our sails high, we can experience them.
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