The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art.

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.

Day is just a collection of hours.

Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.