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It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't feel one way all the time, so I don't want my music to feel the same way all the time.

In my old age, my mind gets more open, and I listen to so many different types of music and I guess that all reflects in my work.

Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there.

I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.

I use music as therapy. Whenever I'm feeling angry or needing some 'me' time, which is quite regularly, I'll go and bang a piano or flesh out something on a guitar.

Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even if it's just in my head.

Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.