You're only as good as your weakest link in the ecosystem of sound, of audio.
Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me as long as it doesn't bother them that they're not hearing 90 percent of the music that way.
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes.
I'm endorsed by Yamaha. I represent Yamaha, and I really like the way that piano handles and capacitates the force that I put into it without losing the shape of the sound and the contour, and it really holds up well.
I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds.
Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.
I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I've ever been to.
Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.
