I Don't Always Have A Five-year Plan.

When You Learn Something From People, Or From A Culture, You Accept It As A Gift, And It Is Your Lifelong Commitment To Preserve It And Build On It.

What Came Up At Age 49 Is I Realized That Of All The Things I'm Interested In, The Thing I'm Most Interested In Is Figuring Out What Makes People Tick, Why People Think The Way They Do, Why They Act The Way They Do. And I Realized That Music Is Such A Great Way To Investigate Why People Do What They Do.

When We Enlarge Our View Of The World, We Deepen Our Understanding Of Our Own Lives.

One Of The Things I Love About Music Is Live Performance.

My Involvement In The Political Arena Is To Make Sure There's A Place For Culture.