It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

I'm just wearing regular street clothes. Pretty much all the time. In the summertime, or when it gets warm out, shorts and sandals or something like that. Stuff that I don't mind getting a little sweaty.

Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.

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

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life.