Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone.
When I bought 'The New York Observer,' my experience in journalism was limited to a single article I had written for a college magazine.
With dancing, so much is about sexuality and sensuality and without life experience it becomes much more of a performance, rather than a living, breathing entity from the soul.
I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at that point, after the original Animals had broken up.
A lot of people from my generation can't write songs anymore, or it's really hard and it's an unpleasant experience. I don't feel that way at all.
I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.
Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.
I don't have a huge breakfast, and I sometimes forget to have lunch, so I focus on dinner. I love Thai and Japanese food.
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.
You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies.
For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.
In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.
What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories.
On my days off, I like to be outdoors - on my bike or walking the dog or swimming - so it's important anyone I date is also into fitness.
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.
Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula.
I'm not a waif-y girl and never will be. I think it's healthy when fitness experts encourage fitness rather than getting a certain body shape.
To just get in front of different kinds of audiences is important for me. I do think it's important for music to be a big family. Whether it's country or not.
I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.
I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.
