In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.

Instrumental music is increasingly marginalized.

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

You're only as good as your last record.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.