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"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."
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"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

"Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes."

"I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do."

"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."

"It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible."

"It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings."

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

"When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record."
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"And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university."

"This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show."

"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense."

"Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder."

"A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set."

"There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that."

"I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick."

"I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more."

"If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too."
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