People always want to protect what's really going on inside. They want to kind of make visible something that looks more pleasant than what may be happening inside of themselves.

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.

Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . Don't forget I was only eleven-years-old and to be on the stage at that age had tremendous impact on me. Basically love for classical music and performing as a kid on the big stage probably led toward this decision, which meant that music is going to be my big love but also my profession.

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

I'm very conscious of the idea of trying to each time present something that I haven't presented before. It's a challenge to me to find something new, to find something innovative, but it's also very exciting.

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

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.