I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.

The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

I'm seduced by the arts in general. Arts is like the power of now.

You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell.

Arts is like the power of now. When you're performing, when you're playing, when you're sculpting, painting, it's that moment. I'm in the moment of my life, and that's what I love to do.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.