When you're 20 years old and you're making points with volume and dynamism, it's a fantastic thing to do.

Old men do it better. We're not so sensitive in certain areas.

There's nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that's a fact.

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.

You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.

You have to ask these questions: who pays the piper, and what is valuable in this life?