Music has the potential and the capability to create something much bigger. . . it has the capability to be completely free, to do anything. And I think you limit that idea when you put yourself in front of it, in a way.
When I was a little kid at home, I thought the whole world was Jewish. For years I thought Roosevelt was Jewish. I loved him. I thought of him as my father. I'm always stunned when I find out that people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?