Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad."

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.

I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded.