That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

Drummers shouldn't just think of themselves as drummers. If you're going to be a musician, you should expand your horizons, compose things, and work with other instruments.

Ive got Arabic music in my blood.

That whole thing of replicating what others do is a siren call. The sirens lure you to the rocks of unoriginality.

Music has an immediate effect. If you want to go beyond that and look underneath, film is a good way of explaining.

The great opera composers were so good at their job, that the whole genre came to be built around the concept of the composer's vision.