In a recent conversation regarding faith and belief systems, I stated that rather than one belief system being the right one, “It’s about how we treat our fellow human beings.” By this I mean to say that what we believe about God or a Higher Power is reflected in how we treat others. Conversely, much of our pain and confusion in this realm has to do with how others have treated us. Every day, we face the choice of what we call forth from ourselves in light of our life experiences and our freedom.

The musician has an avenue to echo both the hopefulness and the frustration inherent in the struggle to understand. The responsibility of the musician is not to answer the questions, but to ask them. It is simply, yet profoundly, a participation in expressing the human condition.