When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes.

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.

What is beauty? It's what you love.