Verdi is my god and my other influences are Berlioz and Puccini, with a dash of Debussy in my orchestration.

There has been tons of prayer put into this project. God is going to bless this community. It isn't going to happen overnight, but what does happen is going to be good for our community.

I thank God I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure is sometimes the first step to success, and where success is only another form of failure if we forget where our priorities should be.

When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs.

The ancient Greeks have a knack of wrapping truths in myths.

I don t actually believe that stones turn into fairies, but I did once meet someone who had seen a fairy and heard a knocker.