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“I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.”
“Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.”
“I love playing. The keyboard is my journal.”
“I can't say what I'm going to wear all the time. The minute that I say that, then there's something in me that tips off and then I need to break out of that.”
“I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.”
“So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.”
“I like to browse and just hang in bookstores.”
“I don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though.”
“You don't know what people are looking for. What you know is what you feel like might be missing. It's up to the people to agree with you or disagree with you, and you'll know in their reaction.”
“I am overly ambitious, because I realize it can be done.”
“Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.”
“I like the world.”
“The element of harmony is super important.”
“Everything that we experience every day leaves a long-lasting impression.”
“I just happen to admire everyone that we work with.”
“When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see.”
“I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.”
“There's no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about.”
“You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.”
“I learn a lot from my experiences and collaborations. Most of my collaborations are meant for me to learn.”