A lot of people, musically anyway, have realized that they can do it, and there's an audience for it at least in their own country, and often thought a lot of countries have a diaspora that breaks out all over the place, so they have a pretty wide audience.

Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The world is awash with (mostly) recorded sounds. We used to have to pay for music or make it ourselves; playing, hearing and experiencing it was exceptional, a rare and special experience. Now hearing it is ubiquitous, and silence is the rarity that we pay for and savor.

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily.

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?