Henry Birdsey interview excerpts

(https://www.15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-henry-birdsey/page-1/)

HB: “Sound is innately terrifying and haunting. And it holds this magnetism over us because of that. We’re talking about physical pressure waves that are invisible and inescapable.”

…HB: “I think making music might be closer to the work of archaeology or geology than anything creative or constructive like sculpture or carpentry or something like that … with sound and music it seems like the game is uncovering things that are buried already, within this strange frame of time …”

…Interviewer: “What can music express about life and death which words alone may not?”

HB: “Well I won’t waste too many words, but making music is the same as engraving the markings on your future headstone …