There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.

I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.

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

I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

There's more good music being made now than ever before.