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…

- Stephen Bruner

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…

- Stephen Bruner

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!

- Stephen Bruner

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

- Stephen Bruner

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

- Stephen Bruner

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…

- Stephen Bruner

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 …

- Stephen Bruner

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 …

- Stephen Bruner

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 …

- Stephen Bruner