I am not scared of making mistakes.

When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.

I think it's quite jarring and exciting when you see someone in the thrall of being completely transported by the music they're sharing with you.

I have a lot of experience in playing all sorts of venues. And one of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. You can't fully measure or calculate these things, yet they are absolutely evident once you're on stage.

One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another.

The human condition is what it is. We can see beauty and wonder in the world, but we also face imminent death and uncertainty, and we often need to sidestep the idea of time and communicate with each other, not with words but with a sense of community and union. I don't want to make an overreaching statement, but I think that's the function of culture.

In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.