I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

With four people you can create one very strong kind of energy, but if you can get 65 people working together, and swinging together, that's a whole other kind of energy.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.