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!.

I was pretty spoiled growing up, creatively and artistically; we were exposed to a lot of different things. I remember watching my brother's friends ….

Japoneese people take themselves very serious and you can see it by everything they do - it's like a different part of the scale or spectrum in being….

I don't know if I can handle living in Tokyo. I feel like the culture shock would be so intense, especially with the service industry in America - yo….

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 ….

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

I think anytime you set out to start doing something, it's always a difficult thing. It's a theory of a blank sheet of paper, for an artist; It's a c….

I couldn't tell how many times I've been to Japan off the top of my head, I just have a few standout moments that were very defining and inspirationa….

You don't have to just hit nails with hammers, you know; you can use a hammer to beat somebody's brains in, to make armor or break a car window. You ….

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