This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert... everyone has this sense of rejoicing. I don't want them to be blown away b….

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music..

When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking to u….

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents..

I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music….

To me, it's our job as artists. You must bring joy..

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One ….

I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful..

Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls..

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts..

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled….

I have a lot of albums yet to do..

The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it's the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it ba….

I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don't see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things. If I have a mission ….

If I can bring joy into the world, then I'll be successful..

Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward….

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy..

Musicians are the architects of heaven..

But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing..

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San ….

I don't want anything to get in the way of me and my singing. I want my mind as clear as possible..