After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
I feel very honored that I got a chance to work with Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey.
I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.
It was kind of cool to be able to go back and listen to what it was that I was doing during a particular time in my career.
Maya Angelou is a very prolific writer. You can read her stuff down once and sort of walk away, but if you really want to get the richness of what she is saying you have to check it out a couple of times.
The main thing that everyone was looking for in selecting which songs would go on this anthology were the ones in which the bass was really prominent.
The straightahead guys hated us, and the rock guys just didn't know what to think.
Usually, when I do a soundtrack, the music from the movie doesn't have anything to do with me personally. It's music to enhance to the film. My own stuff is more introspective and about what's on going in my head.
There was plainly wanting a divine revelation to recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy.
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