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I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.

I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.

I've always treated the music business as a business.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

I was tossed all over the place growing up, which I guess prepared me for the music business, but the one thing that has always been there, that has never ever left me, has been country music.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.