Sometimes when I'm traveling, I feel a little bit dislocated, especially the transitions you make when you're traveling - you go to a different city every day.

I feel like we as human beings are trampling all over the natural world, but at the same time, we are totally in its power.

I think it's really different for me whether I'm touring as part of a larger group or if I'm touring on my own. It's a completely different experience, because when I tour on my own, it's really just me by myself, and I make nice relationships with people.

When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.

I'm always anxious in introducing sounds that don't originate with the cello.

I feel like these sounds are the ultimate kind of free sounds, the ultimate public domain sounds. And I feel like people put them in completely different contexts, and they mean something different to everybody.

People tend to eat through the cello. They tend to take out the things that make it beautifully cello-y sometimes.