The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality of life.

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality of life.

You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.

I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life.

It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there.

I think life is really hard sometimes. It's not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that's what music is all about-to remind people of the beautiful moments that are in everybody's life