It is one thing to be a virtuoso, but a different thing to play with compassion.

Whatever we can do to just give people a sense of hope in the face of what seems like hopelessness. That's a small thing that an artist can do sometimes.

I like the idea of the objecthood of music being destabilized by process and things like improvisation. That's what empowers us; that's how we make each day new as players, as people.

What we call music is what reminds us of ourselves. And sometimes electronic music helps lead the imagination to a space that seems outside of ourselves. But it never really is.

I want to make sure that I represent a variety of backgrounds and that represents the reality out here in the world.

Resonance is a physical process through which similarities are highlighted.

This is the last sentence of my dissertation: "What is soul in music if not powerfully embodied human presence?"

To interact means being among others, and taking others into account in a way, to act.

I make a lot of music with other desis - that's hugely important to me, but it can't be the sum total of who I am and what I do. It's not accurate; it doesn't reflect my life experience.

My music is always called "cerebral." It is a way of saying I'm Asian, and therefore everything I do is brainy.

Ben, if you get pee in my brand-new car, I am going to cut your balls off."Still peeing, Ben looks over at me smirking. "You´re gonna need a hell of a big knife, bro.

The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.

People talk about the businesses of the future needing to be more agile and more responsive if they are to be successful. But this requires a deep change in the way organisations work.

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

The dead have nothing except the memory they've left.

Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters.

Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath

Under the law, even the best failed. Under grace, even the worst can be saved!

I have been nothing, but there is tomorrow.

Always take time to smell the flowers, and let it fill you with beauty, and rediscover that sense of wonder.