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.

When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.

I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.

Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.

Music has always been transnational.