I try stuff. I synthesize what's of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.

The music becomes something that is its own entity.

I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.

One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.

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

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