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

I love the community and the entertainment too much. I'm used to it - it's what I saw first.

I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.

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

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

I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.

Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.