We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been crazy for the American songbook.
I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.
I want America to be more like America, if you will. I want the songs, that patriotism we have.
I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.
We would turn everything into songs in those days.
Songs are often character studies.
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.
You can tell all our songs come from us and from our artists, the people we write with and travel with.
Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.