Band Bands Bündel / Bunch Dutzend / Dozen Echt / Real Herz / Heart Messing / Brass Mögen / Like Musik / Music Nachbarschaft / Neighborhood Oben / Up Recht / Right Schmutzig / Dirty Um / Around Wuchs / Grew
I don't really go out, 'go out' that much anymore. I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander around. Williamsburg's such a cool little neighborhood community spot.
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.
Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.
Trying to get my music performed live by bar bands was a self defeating experience. It really just distracted me from what I should've been doing all along, writing and recording.
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.
I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it when the Neville Brothers opened up for the Grateful Dead and the Dirty Dozen and all that.
He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around.
My family making music was like a folk background, really: banging on tabletops, playing banjo and all kinds of things.
