I'm attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.

You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow.

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

I'm not interested in turning anybody on to anybody that I'm turned on to... if people want to find things, they find them themselves.

There's so many different styles and facets of the 360-degree musical sphere to listen to. From tribal to classical music, it's all there. If the bottom was to sag out of that, for God's sake, help us all.

The only term I won't accept is "genius."