As time progressed, my songwriting developed out of my bass, because that's all I could do. I decided to take it as far as it could go and to use my skill as a tool.

I remember swallowing my tooth up in a high chair, but I definitely don't remember the first time I played bass. It was like, back there!

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

Growing up playing jazz and improvising has had a big impact on me, and it translates into my music.

Convince yourself that you are capable to take the actions to change your life. You are the change and you should change every time especially when you are a victim.

(M)uch as we might imagine we can leave the past behind, it has a nasty way of pressing its hoary old face against the window just as we were sitting down to the feast.

Precision about language can be really, really annoying. It can make you miss the point of what the other person is saying altogether.

National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.

When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal life after being so busy.

The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a part of.

Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.

The soul is the birthless, deathless, changeless part of us - the part of us that looks out from behind our eyes and has no form.

As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences and love for the most challenging among us.