I believe in art as a form of education.

"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

"In every character I create, there is a part of me and a part of the world I observe."

Use music to record life, use life to enrich music.