If you expect me to buy something where all I can sense is carelessness, actually I think that is personally offensive.

What we make testifies who we are. People can sense care and can sense carelessness. This relates to respect for each other and carelessness is personally offensive.

I think subconsciously people are remarkably discerning. I think that they can sense care.

I always like when you start to use something with a little less reverence. You start to use it a little carelessly, and with a little less thought, because then, I think, you're using it very naturally.

With a father who is a fabulous craftsman, I was raised with the fundamental belief that it is only when you personally work with a material with your hands, that you come to understand its true nature, its characteristics, its attributes, and I think - very importantly - its potential.

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.