In the age of the mp3, you gotta make the package special, something that's worth owning.

I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.

I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.

I fell off a bridge when I was 14, then had surgery when I was 17. Now my left wrist is an inch-and-a-half shorter than my [right one] and doesn't quite have the mobility to wrap around a guitar neck without a bit of pain.

I put myself in the studio and I really made sure to say, 'Well, if I would normally reach for a trumpet, why don't I reach for the next nearest instrument instead?'

I'm sure that's every adolescent's complaint about their home town. When a city is unstimulating, you get pretty isolated.

When I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.