“A lot of the time I tend to overlook the music because I’m listening to how it’s produced.”

I’m used to the older-fashioned way of mixing: playing with three decks, always turning and twisting knobs manically.

The U.S. needs a strong techno brand like Awakenings, just pretty much pure techno.

I listen to Frank Sinatra before my fight a lot, and I also listen to Orisha music, so both of those, I need, it’s weird. It’s a weird combination.

Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon. Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the bird’s cry. Do you want to touch what hands have never touched? Touch the earth. Verily I say that God is about to create the world.

The art of life is loving and listening to one another.

When I feel I’m going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through. And I do what I can in order not to tamper with it.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it’s a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don’t listen.

Listen to her voice, don’t look at her.

Don’t ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.