Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three months.

There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work.

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

I suppose listening to a double album is kind of like going to the chiropractor... It's pretty good for you but you can't force it on anyone else.

We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.

Well, I'm pretty domestic actually. I walk my dog. I go grocery shopping. I hang out with friends. I'm pretty normal, whatever normal is, on my off time.

No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.

A tissue of small sounds filled the room, a bird, a clock, a voice from another garden. What we call silence.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.

In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

I would rather lose half of our clients than half of our clients' money.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.

There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.