But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.
I'm always surprised that I'm still around funk and that people are still into it.
Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few chords can change us where no self-help books can.
I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.
I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.
I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.
I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.
I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.
That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.
I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.