Music and art is regarded as extra and can be the first thing that you cut in a school program, and it's completely not true. If you want to create really boring, frustrated human beings, then yeah, cut out art and science.

I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense.

There are things I believe in to a certain extent, as much as a scientist would. And I like, through the means of entertainment, to explore those ideas.

If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal.

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.

Whether I go to English-speaking countries or non-English-speaking countries I can just modulate to what works for them.

When I'm at the piano, and I'm improvising some song about something, it usually oscillates between factual, absurd, and sincere.