I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.

I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life.

My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always wanted to be a doctor, but he came from a really poor family in Georgia, and there was no way he was going to be a doctor.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.