So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history.

Soul music is timeless.

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

Not having all the information can make me feel vulnerable.

You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.

I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.