That's the definition of popularity. Something that literally resonates with many, many people.

I had grown up and gone to high school in New York, so I wanted to get out of the east coast.

That's the definition of popularity. Something that literally resonates with many, many people.

I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.

One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.

Perhaps 25 to 50 years from now, I can design a piece of music, no so that it appeals to something common in millions of people, but I can design the music so that it's exactly right for you and only you at this particular moment for your particular experience, things that have happened to you over 20 years, to you're particular mental state right now.

You have to train your mind and your ears, but they're more like athletic skills. So, part of music you just have to learn those things or you can't practice the art.