I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.

I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

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

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

I played saxophone, so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything, but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.