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I try to move people emotionally.
There's sometimes a little bit of a trap to limit yourself for an audience.
There's always a melody running around in my mind and my brain; and I'm really thankful for it.
Being a man of faith, what was so interesting to me was the subject, which started, by the way, with Anne Rice's wonderful books.
I really am a firm believer that if you're going to do something musically, you really need to know what that music would have sounded like, what those instruments would have been.
I knew that I wanted to create rich themes, and something that people might really relate to emotionally. That was the quest, authenticity, and then just to make the audience feel something.
Melodies and ideas are always on my mind and always coming to me. I'm very thankful for that because if I didn't have whatever that is, that craziness, that openness, maybe, I don't think I'd be able to do what I really love to do, which is write great melodies and at least try to write great melodies.