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There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.

There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.

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

I think I compose as a listener: improvising and listening back excites me because I get to ideas that never would have occurred. Then I bring in the computers and samplers... and I begin to loop and process and change them.

It's amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they're doing. I've learned to take notice of those things and if it's something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life.