Hei.

Jeg "klippet og limet" hele chat'en 4/8-2004, og siden MSN ikke har lagt den ut enda, gjør jeg det. Hilsen Lasse.

Jon_Anderson_Live says: It's wonderful to be able to make contact this way and I wish everybody a beautiful day.
DishDiva says: We have so many questions, Jon, let's get started!

Wonderousstory in Onstage_1 asks: Do you enjoy performing at the larger or smaller venues more?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Over time they're all the same. When you're in a large arena and you have 10,000 Yes fans, it's amazing, the vibration on stage is like a dream. The opposite of that is a one man show in front of 500 people. It's the same energy, believe me.

Rolling-_Stones in Onstage_1 asks: Do you have any muses?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: My wife Jane. When we first met about 12 years ago. I had a good friend that was a comedian and he did a show at the Improv and we were watching him and after the show he came up to us, looked at me, and looked at her, and said, "So, this is your muse."

CharliePiano in Onstage_1 asks: During the last tour, did you prefer playing the acoustic or the electric set? Personally, I loved the acoustic set.
Jon_Anderson_Live says: I agree. The acoustic set is something I became interested in a few years ago and it took some time to get everyone in the band to want to do it. But once we did it we realized we were able to hear each other on a different level. It's almost the feeling in rehearsal so we're thinking of maybe doing an acoustic show next summer. It would be more like a workshop and it would be good for the band as well as letting the audience see the band in a different way.

johneboy2003 in Onstage_1 asks: How do you decide on the set list for the live shows?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Generally I will send out a memo to everyone in the band and put a list of how I see the order of things happeneing and then when we rehearse we try it out. If certain songs aren't working we replace them with other songs and everyone has input and we mix and match.

Ronbert01 in Onstage_1 asks: You and Rick play so well together. Any plans to do a tour together playing each other's music?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: We're talking maybe about performing next Christmas, like a tour to put together sort of a special Christmas show in 2005. To put together a show that Rick and I just do together. We may even do it online, I'm very interested in doing more things with Microsoft.

marksguitar3 in Onstage_1 asks: What was the meaning of Topographic Oceans' concept to you as far as religion, spirtuality, and music were concerned then and now 30 years later?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Very interesting question. The beginning of "Topographic Oceans" was a time I was reading "Journey to the East" by Herman Hesse, a great guru Yogananda's journey to the East. So moving into that period I started to read the Autobiography of Yogi and every religion are the same. All the great beings and the understanding of the history of life and the connection to God. "Topographic Oceans" was a footnote on a page, the revealing of like of God, the remembering of life, the ancient (something we don't remember much about), and The Ritual, the ritual of life and how we are dependent on the sun. In fact we are part of the sun, we are part of the uniquness of eternity. So I'm still living that same thing.

Mr_Fly_By_Night in Onstage_1 asks: Do you intend to release soon some solo CD or DVD?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Today I'm working on trying very hard to piece together this large jigsaw puzzle of music that I've been working on for the last 10 years. It will become, hopefully, a DVD or a series of DVDs. It's a lot of music, it will happen. It's Olias' Return.

Chaser214 in Onstage_1 asks: Do you remember any of your past lives?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: When I went to China I went to Guilin, it's in the southern part of China and when I was there I really felt I had been living there. I rented a bicycle and cycled around the villages.

smithdan2 in Onstage_1 asks: On the "Topographic Oceans" note, George Harrison's last album had a song called "The Rising Sun." Same reference to the same you just said. Did you and he ever meet/have anything in common?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: When I came back home, I spoke with a Medium and she told me I used to travel from village to village and delivered medecine, my mother was a herbalist. I met George twice and all I could do was stand and grin. I was in awe in meeting such a wonderful person. He was smiling and shook my hand. I didn't know what to say..

DS_GUD in Onstage_1 asks: You have been to a lot of countries. Wich one immpressed you most and why?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: That's a hard question, every where I go I always find a wonderful feeling. I'm just so fortunate to travel so much. I remember going to Copper Canyon in Northern Mexico. I went on a Dreamquest, and I met people who still live in caves there. They're goat herders and they were having a festival. It amazing to stand there and know that this place hasn't changed in thousands of years. It's a large place and in the rocks are these beautifully made caves and that's where they've lived all their lives.

VinnyConrad420 in Onstage_1 asks: There are so many references to time in so many of your songs. What is your fascination with time?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Time is man-made for one thing. I always think that we always think we live in a world that is timeless. We're always rushing to get things done.

SisterBluebirdSonya in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, do you believe that every action in your life, whether positive or negative, can come back and affect your present?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Most definitely. Karma is very real, very true. You do a good deed, a good deed will come to you. If you do something that is not a good deed, it will also come back. You have to think how important your life is to other people and how important it is to yourself. I try to always remember that and try and give out goodness to everyone. Whether they know you or not, it doesn't matter.

Shark4948 in Onstage_1 asks: About "Nine Voices," onstage you've said it's a true story. What is the story behind it?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: If we understand each other, there is a coucil known as the Indigenous Council of the World. They don't own land and they get together and discuss their understanding of their world. This was a story that was told to me, they got together in 97, on the Day of the Harmonic Convergence, there was a lot of energy was brought into Mother Earth through the sacred sites. Then they all started to sing this song. I thought it was such a beautiful story I wanted to turn it into music form.

circleofgold in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, you take the simplest of words and create such deep meaning. Have you always had this knack?
DishDiva says: Were you a poet as a child?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: I don't remember being a poet as a kid. I remember wanting to play Soccer for England. During the course of my 20's when Yes started, I remember writing lyrics and I have books and books of lyrical content and I've learned the best lyrics are the ones that come easy. Sometimes it takes years and is worth the wait. I just hope the story is told correctly and sung together nicely. It's not till later I realize how good it is. Someone came up to me and asked about a lyric of "time is time" and I told her that it was like "shu bop" just something to say.

SunlightCaller1 in Onstage_1 asks: Have you ever thought of releasing an album of YES music for children? I have played the more angelic/peaceful pieces of YES music for my son since birth.
Jon_Anderson_Live says: I'm thinking hard about releasing some sort of trans music that we don't really play on stage. I have my Yes book of songs in front of me and over the next few months I'm going to try and do that exact thing. There's a song in there somewhere and you hear it like a trance.

manfred_plank in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, what is the band chanting at the end of 'To be Over' on Relayer. I've been wondering this for years.
Jon_Anderson_Live says: It's something I made up a that time. Opio means young in Hawaiian and I call it Opionion, and I use that for words that don't have a meaning.

flabob125 in Onstage_1 asks: I saw Yes in May in Tampa, and it had to be one of the best of the 30+ concerts you've done. Thanks for a wonderful evening of music. Is the band enjoying this tour?
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Thank you very much for that question. The band is really playing great this year, and I think we'll put out a boxed set of about 10 of the shows. It's just been that we've been playing with reverence to the music and joyfulness to the band so I'm very pleased.

SingleÐadeee in Onstage_1 asks: What was the inspiration, if any, to the lyrics of the song "And You And I"? I have always been fascinated with its relationships to friendships
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Again, that goes back to Herman Hesse, I think it goes to the relationship you have with your higher self, and the peace within. It's a song about finding that self-realization. The idea is that the preacher and teacher are looking as well. Religion, in
which we are preached about has never found the common ground , they all want to be separate. The truth is God is within.

Heitz10 in Onstage_1 asks: What was it like when Madison Square Garden gave YES the 10 minute standing novation for "And You And I"? How did you feel? That was awesome.
Jon_Anderson_Live says: I'm still flying. That night was a very powerful moment in my life.

Travelplans1 in Onstage_1 asks: To what extent does the band improvise on stage? The music seems so well orchestrated, I'd be surprised to learn that there's any "jamming" going on.
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Actually it's something I've discovered over the years. We're constantly jamming. The themes are the same very night, but played differetly every night, especially Steve, Rick too. And Chris is so constructed with his bass parts and holds the whole band together. Alan does a lot of free form and I'm in the middle of all this and I hear things different every night and it's fascinating to hear.

KenTheHopeMan in Onstage_1 asks: We just named our new baby Jonathan Olias. Is there a meaning to the name Olias besides "Olias of Sunhillow?"
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Congratulations! The HopeMan is one of the great people in my life. I don't know the origins, but I'm looking into how he became a Shaman, I believe Olias is and was a Shaman, but I'm still looking into that.

wefollowthesun in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, your song has saved lives ,opened hearts and awakened many souls-Thank You
Jon_Anderson_Live says: Thank you very much for supporting the band over the years. I believe we have more music to give over the next few years. Please stay in touch and much love.
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DishDiva says: Jon, thanks for joining us today on MSN Live to talk about "The Very Best of Yes" and the current tour.
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Lasse0286 in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you for your time, Jon. It was wonderful to chat with you. Love from Norway.
Mr_Fly_By_Night in Onstage_1 asks: Thanks for coming Jon. Thanks for the music and the inspiration. Hope to see you here in Mexico touring... it would be great. Thanks
johneboy2003 in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, thanks for all the Yesmusic, it's inspirational
bilo05413 in Onstage_1 asks: Many thanks to you Jon and the rest of the band for all you have done for your fans
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Rolling-_Stones in Onstage_1 asks: Thanks so much Jon...you really have touched many lives
ownerofhalfabeer in Onstage_1 asks: Thankyou Jon, it's always a plesure to "meet" you, one way or the other!
Philly1962 in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you for the music and the memories. They will certainly last ten true summers long!!
KenTheHopeMan in Onstage_1 asks: Cindy, Hayley, Jonathan Olias and I all thank you and the band. Love to Janee and Audrey.
Mark Broadwell in Onstage_1 asks: love your music in tennessee thanks
pazley2 in Onstage_1 asks: Yes music is the most uplifting sensational music I have ever heard. It just carries you away. Thanks so much.
DS_GUD in Onstage_1 asks: Realy nice to hear from you Jon. Greetings from Iceland. Hope you come one day.
Sunhillow42 in Onstage_1 asks: Jon you are the best. thanks for all of the great music and inspiration
MicheleMarieMoore in Onstage_1 asks: Wonderful interview! Thank you for being so candid and loving!
Nir_CTTE in Onstage_1 asks: tnx jon! come to israel!!!!
Thunderpinke in Onstage_1 asks: Please come back to Toronto on this tour!
DonnAstral in Onstage_1 asks: Thanks Jon! You're the best!
WendyPoems in Onstage_1 asks: Much love to you Jon
Roan-s_Lady in Onstage_1 asks: Jon, you are a joy - thank you for all you have given us!
ZebraArg in Onstage_1 asks: Thank You Jon!!!, See ya soon!!!!
TriplexZiggy in Onstage_1 asks: Jon has opened my eyes to the light. YES has given us hope and love interwoven in our lives! Thank you so much, Jon! Chris & Laura
YesCatz in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you for a great night of listening to Yes in the Air Canada Centre, TO May 7/04 Amazing, wonderful to be alive...
tardistraveleryes in Onstage_1 asks: Thanks Jon! I'm like you were when you met George Harrison, when I met you, I was speechless! Thanks for all the music!
meechy_1 in Onstage_1 asks: Keep on making that great music!
Heitz10 in Onstage_1 asks: I think you are absolutely wonderful & your voice melts me. I can't wait to meet you on Aug 27
LadyShari3 in Onstage_1 asks: Greetings from Germany and Goodnight (as it is 1.30 am)
ESSH175 in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you Jon, I look forward to Steve next week!
DishDiva says: For those joining us from around the world, thanks for staying up with us.
i_am_genesis_reborn in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you Jon, you are the biggest inspiration in my life.
DS_GUD in Onstage_1 asks: thanks for everything Jon
loyolacubs1 in Onstage_1 asks: yes at the universal amp!!! Ya!!!!!
SingleÐadeee in Onstage_1 asks: Thank you again Jon you have truly made a large part of my life better thru the bands music Thanx again