You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.

When I was in eighth grade said sit in at a graduation party and I played 'Boys' by The Beatles and fifty people were standing around with their mouths open. And you kind of get the hint, well maybe I should do this because I'm not very good at sports, I'm not that popular, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very good looking, but when I played the drums, everybody liked it.

The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.

I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.

If I practice I'll really alienate people.

If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small theaters. You know, to me it's like a church for music. You can sit down and really give yourself to the performance and be comfortable with good surroundings and a clean, quiet atmosphere.

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.