It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them particularly when it's someone I really respect.
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect and...
Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received....
I want to say with the utmost of sincerity not as a Republican but as an American that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historic achievement to become his party's nominee not because of his color but with indifference to it.