Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.

Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you.

I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.