Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words.
Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.
I always played edgier alto tunes on my albums, but the soprano became my core sound because radio declared that a whole genre was taking shape around that easy instrumental ideal.
I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot of gigs in Seattle even prior to joining the Fusion.
I really create everything I do from the heart.
I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.
I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.
I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.
It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.
It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.
Just because people play songs with great technique doesn't mean the records are better.
That's my ideal day, time with my boys.
The criticism is that it's too simple, but my feeling is it's more of a challenge making someone feel an emotion in four notes than in 25 notes.
The critics like to get on me that my stuff is elevator music or whatever, but I noticed that the same critics said they admired my technique on the albums I did before Duotones took off in 1986.
The holiday songs that I chose to record here, in my opinion, are some of the most beautiful melodies ever composed.
The Moment is an album that contains the best music I have ever produced.
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
Then the Wave stations started, and because of that one song, I became a major focus.
What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.
When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
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