The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.

I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now.

The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.

There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.