I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I’m going, or when I’ve lived in a place so long that there’s no chance I could possibly get lost.

The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.

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

Sometimes the word dictated the melody.

Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness.