The arts don't exist in isolation.

Physical contact is a human necessity.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

I’m not all about money, but, like most musicians, I am about survival.

Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can never again think of the people of that culture as less than yourself. I would like to believe that if I am deeply moved by a song originating from some place other than my own homeland, then I have in some way shared an experience with the people of that culture. I have been pleasantly contaminated. I can identify in some small way with it and its people.

One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that.