So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me up and makes me feel like it's Christmas.

We may be human, but we're still animals.

I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.

I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.

I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.