You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.

Once something is memorable, it's living and you're using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society.

The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.