For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being - old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.

To me, jazz is a place where anything is possible.

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.

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.

For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being - old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.

I do know the older I get, the more I'm referencing music I heard as a kid.