I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

I have a difficult relationship with jazz. My parents really love it, and I went to a school where jazz was considered the best thing ever, so I had to leave it be for a long time. But now I'm rediscovering it. I'm approaching jazz in a different way.

With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing when I play it, or I still haven't figured out what the song is about.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.