Maria Schneider interviewed by Monk Rowe, New York City, New York, January 12, 2001 [transcript]

Table of Contents: Biography -- Education : "an opportunity to focus on my music" -- Tonal compositions shunned in music school/Relief when she finally found jazz/rule-breaking at Eastman -- On writing and early inspiration : "trying to transport an experience through music" -- Dissatisfied with standard jazz "template" format/Writing without bar lines/Music in Brazil : "synonymous with life" -- "Why in jazz do we always have to have a God damn shout chorus?" -- Allowing the left and right brains to work together/Management and the music business -- Importance of finding mental silence when "inundated with music" -- "Music is fed by a rich and deep life" -- Conclusion : wish to keep doing new things/Life as improvisation.