In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.

I'm always interested in mixing technology and music. You know, maybe I'll have a MIDI bass pickup at some point, I don't really think that's the direction I would want to go.

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I built all the speaker cabinets myself.

Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.

I'm not really satisfied with anything I have written to date.

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

I've written some poetry, but...songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing.

I like referring to the saxophone and having a guitar lick instead. Same with the cymbals; having the cymbals and not playing cymbals.

It's not Circumstance. It's not Chance. It's the Choice we make that determines the Destiny of Life. -RVM

Customer service is all about FEELINGS! I am of the opinion that customer service is actually FEELINGS MANAGEMENT.

Truth does not cease to exist because no one believes it.

In the end, the only thing between us was silence.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.

Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them extremely inspiring.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about.