The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.

Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.

I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it, almost as if I had written it myself.

I also don't believe that "everything happens for a reason," which is in a similar category of world-views.

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.

The anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much'