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Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live performance. If the material is strong, you're already 90% there. I always tell young people it's all about the music, the songs. Work on the songs, work on the songs, work on the songs.

Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.

Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives.

What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.

The break down for kids is communication. Music helps bring that bond.

From being a teacher and educator, I see the state of the music through the eyes of an 18-year-old coming on to the scene, and we want to make sure it stays intact. With my generation, it's our duty to do that.

But I could not imagine having a child and the child not having a relationship with music that opens up their mind and their imagination and teaches them things.

Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.

There's always going to be a percentage of the kids out there who want to hear people who can actually play and sing.