I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music.

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.

I am searching for the truth. Somewhere, it's in the music.

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men.

Far away, to an infinite world I escape. I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid. Sunless days, in my sheltered milkyway. In Saturn's rings I feel no pain.

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again