I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

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

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.

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

"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.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players.

I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.