First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

Music doesn't hurt anybody, that's what's amazing. Everything is in there, every kind of human emotion, from the darkest to the lightest. And it has power. Unbelievable power.

"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imaginations.

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

There's so much music out there & so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.

There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.

I feel so lucky that my high school was right in the middle of Denver, which is one of those sort of segregated towns, with black and white and Hispanic neighborhoods. But the school I went to was right in the middle of the whole thing.