I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.

I listen to a lot of Solange. I love old-school as well.

Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.

I love the uilleann pipes and listen to Ronan Browne who's an uilleann piper.

Anytime there is a Bigfoot show, where they supposedly have recordings of him, I am watching. I love the idea of Bigfoot. I want him to be out there somewhere.