There's always a melody running around in my mind and my brain; and I'm really thankful for it.
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.
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.
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 try to move people emotionally.
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.
There's sometimes a little bit of a trap to limit yourself for an audience.
