As long as I'm still growing as a musician, it keeps me inspired.

I've got this diverse education, growing up in classical music and existing between that and music that is more visceral, so for sure, I've always been interested in music from other cultures.

I think that becoming a successful rock band is a little like becoming a professional athlete. Nobody plans on it.

I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning.

As a Global Maternal Health Advocate, I get to travel the world quite a bit, meeting individuals and visiting programs with tremendous potential and incredible vision to improve the quality of life for countless others.

My travel plans are always sudden. But that always works out better because it ends up being more spontaneous.

We never came into the business with a plan beyond the next three months. It's all been a natural thing for us to go off and travel and then maybe record an album.

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management.