It is not the magnitude of our actions but the place they fill in our life that makes them great or small. Obscurity enlarges objects; and great men are not always such in the eyes of their valets.

We are all of us the debtors of the past. We did not make the language we speak, the roads we travel, the beds we sleep in, or the laws that protect us. We came to a table already spread, and it is only decent that we should leave it a little more abundantly furnished for those who come after us.

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Ribbonfarm is Retiring

After several years of keeping it going in semi-retired, keep-the-lights-on (KTLO) mode, I've decided to officially fully retire this blog.

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How E Street Keyboard Giant Roy Bittan Played on David Bowie’s “Station to Station”

So many of my interviews these days feel like jousting with someone's soul, trying to get to the personal core of what makes them an artist. But I also love these interviews where the premise is, essentially, tell me a story so I can commit it to history.