It was his own grief turned magically to song.
I've had a very, very interesting view of the planet over the last 30 years, touring as excessively as I have. And music is the most evocative, transformative, connective force in humanity, man.
I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.
The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.
With songs one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise. And in that world you can be more than you actually are.
Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given me what I want to get across in my music.
Don't just listen to my songs; listen to any song which you feel would make a change in your life.
Though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good, and good provoke to harm.
Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention.
I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.
