Why does he think what he's playing is better than other interpretations? He must think it's better and the question is why. It's not because what he plays is more beautiful than what he might otherwise play. Because if he was aiming at beauty, he could depart from what the composer had written. But he is faithful to the composition. And yet, he's not just playing the composer's music, he's interpreting it.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Why does he think what he's playing is better than other interpretations? He must think it's better and the question is why. It's not because what he plays is more beautiful than what he might otherwise play. Because if he was aiming at beauty, he could depart from what the composer had written. But he is faithful to the composition. And yet, he's not just playing the composer's music, he's interpreting it." in the context of "Ronald Dworkin, quoted in Stuart Jeffries, "Ronald Dworkin: 'We have a responsibility to live well'", The Guardian (31 Mar 2011)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.