I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.