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

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.