Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book 'Art as Experience,' you can't separate experience from the work of art. So, if I write for the symphony today, you're listening to everything that's happened to me since I was 18 years old.
The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef (ed. morton books, inc, 2006) - ISBN: 9781929188123