I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.

An American or European composer, for example, now has access to the music of various Asian, African, and South American cultures.

To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.

That's a perfect example of what happens when you marry television and music badly. It's not what ALICE was ever about.

I think Norah Jones is a perfect example. Here's somebody who was playing the music she wanted to play and did it with some conviction, and it happened to be at a moment in time when there was a highly receptive audience for that kind of music.

We wanted color and lushness. We wanted a red, yellow and blue palette. It's very much a burst of color from spring through fall.