I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.
I'm narrating the television series Biography. I'm still involved in my music - I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I'm writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year pr...
I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.
I've always had a fascination about mixing music.
I've always had a fascination about mixing music. So I downloaded an application and started messing around with it, and it just built up from there.
When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.
My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.
You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form.
I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.
The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.
When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?
There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.
One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.
The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in it, specifically the way we mixed music and comedy.
Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.
Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
