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

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.

The arts don't exist in isolation.

In a certain way, you get some new tools to work with, but I don't know if it ultimately makes the creative process any easier.

I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

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