Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

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

A little touch of chaos and danger makes a city sexy.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

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

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.

From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little.