It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.

There's some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.

There's a little less pressure in doing a solo tour, in some ways a simpler setup. A little bit more relaxed. But then also there's also - doing the big tours is exciting, because you get to put on the big show and everything. But I don't know if I would prefer one over the other. I guess it's no secret that I just don't like touring in general, but it's sort of the reality of the business these days.

I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a fete in Aix-en-Provence; He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis.

I wish I had a better range, but I really have a super-limited one. Barely a tenor, dips into baritone - that's about it.