When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can't walk away from you.