It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.

It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.

I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things by yourself.

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.