I like sincerely talking about market analysis and how marketing is ahead of design and design needs to catch up to fulfill the promise of the marketing.

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke.

When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity.

I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist.

I have that language and that set of skills to step out of the way and make music the priority.

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

I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice.