Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.
I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music.
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.
You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.
I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.
There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.
Some people love some music, and they hear it a year later and they think, 'What was I thinking?'
But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.
I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.
I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.
My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
What you see with your eyes when you're making music is going to have a profound effect on what you hear.
There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.
I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it.
I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.
Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.
