Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way

I have a very beautiful life with great friends and I look forward to waking up every day. Every day is a vacation but every day is a workday. I don't want to take vacations because music is my life and if I escape from music, that's the same thing as death. So a vacation is death to me. Sitting on the beach for a week is my idea of hell. That would kill me.

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

For about seven years. I really like it there. There are a lot of great musicians. The scene is very open. A lot of stuff going on. People's ears are really open, they are not closed. A lot of scenes here, people just get tunnel vision and are into one thing.