I sing to become, in that vocal moment(which can last hours!), ONE with the universe, where time stands still, like a child at play, as one absorbed in being.

There is something mystical and archetypal about the musical scale, and our prancing about it...

I don't think it's a human invention but rather a discovery of a timeless truth, and when you get near to it, you are dissolved into it, and the spirit becomes you.

In our gatherings at times I feel "transported", time falls away only until someone leaves because they say it's after 3 am.

In the songwriting process, the search for beauty in the curves and turns of a melody is about the most divine form of meditation I know...whereas the revivifying of a sacred tune, by singing it, is a most holy polishing of the spirit...

Some people meditate on simplicity, on the absence of extraneousness or the unnecessary; some meditate on a simple object; others do walking meditation; and lots of people at different times and different places meditate actively on the creative act, whatever it may be, but it often involves moving parts of the body mechanically or electrically...this is also meditation...the mind and body align with a greater goal, still a mystery to us.

Why do I sing? Because melody is seductive, harmony is cooperative, and song brings us together.

Tom Blodget