I'm a geek and I'm a nerd, and I can listen into any piece of music. I think, I can usually tell you what orchestra it was, I can usually tell you what hall it was in. I can tell you, obviously who the conductor was, and who the composer was.

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.

The first thing I think about is music, and the last thing I think about is music. I'm like some Monk. I don't see a lot of daylight. I hang out with musicians, I hang out with directors and I just try to spend as much of my life as possible playing music.

I think one of the things which always is forgotten in music class, is the first thing you have to do as a musician is you have to learn how to listen.