we were fleeing the extreme sprawl that had become the suburbs of Detroit.

I was very happy with the musicians Pete chose, ... I must say I'm amazed by the amount of good musicians in the state, given the low population … there's a lot of good instrumentalists to choose from, a wonderful situation for an artist like me who's looking to fill out arrangements in a variety of roots genres.

[My favorite track,] My Needs Will Be Me, ... Now I know-needs will be met/ Yes, I have faith – my needs will be met/ My fear is lifted, I no longer fret/ cause I believe firmly that-my needs will be met.

I wanted to make a statement about my core interests and concerns before getting any farther a field, and spiritual issues certainly animate much of my thinking, ... In my mind, if you haven't explored the spiritual landscape and found a piece of real estate that feels like home, then what are you waiting for?

[The original 20 songs in his repertoire he hoped to record were whittled down with Sutherland's help to a selection that kept the tone of the songs and the subject matter into a cohesive album list.] Basically the songs I most wanted to get out there were more spiritual in subject matter and were more traditional in feel, ... We tossed out the ones that felt more contemporary, even if they also dealt with spiritual issues.

We don't want this to be used for sprawl.