I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.

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.

If I had a ghost living on my street. I would try to stay alive, and offer him some meat!

I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric.

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.