My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds.

I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.

I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take the listener somewhere they know better than you. That's true for music, seeing a painting, watching a movie... it's all some kind of an escape.

I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.

I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the vocal melody, and matching a classic chord progression with another chord progression.

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.