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One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

I'm always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things.

It's really interesting to just look at the career of a musician and a producer that went into many different genres and many different styles and many different places but always breaking the barriers between genres and at some point reinventing himself all along the way but also inventing things at the same time.

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

A lot of music fans are still interested in insightful perspectives on music - maybe even more interested than ever, since everyone needs help making sense of the incredible variety of sounds that have sprung up in the wake of the Internet revolution. There's a lot of room for unique, qualified voices who can provide good reads.

I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.