In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we're communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It's not about proving anything. It's about sharing something.

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

I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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

As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.

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