It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even for a second.
I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.
What passions cannot music raise or quell?
I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain.
The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.
I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out.
Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.
I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.
The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.
I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.
My heart has always been in more up-tempo music you can dance to.
I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.
I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that.
Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.
We've got many different sides of music to us.
The iPhone revolutionised the mobile industry, rather like the iPod before it with the personal music player.
You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language.
I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock.
