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Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.
An American Idol is someone who knows how to change people's lives through music.
Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.
I think music is an instrument. It can create the initial thought patterns that can change the thinking of the people.
Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Obama getting elected.
As the times change, people change, and so do their tastes, so I try to understand what the public wants, what they require. I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.
You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can get typecast and have to keep making that same music, and you can change only slightly. It's risky to bounce around and change your type of music.