Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greater pleasure by attuning to the natural laws of the universe.

I tell everyone a different story. That way nothing's ever boring, even when they turn and say goodbye.

It takes forever if you go by inertia.

Harmony is when the sum is greater than the parts. A happy exaggeration.

I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock.

I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog!

Anything that activates the joy center in the brain makes you happy, and therefore protects you. Oddly enough, that's what they do in 'Harry Potter': The nurse gives the kids chocolates when they've been near the Dementors!