The song "Innocence" was a musical passage that Ean had played for me. Just like a lot of the songs on the CD, he had written the music as well as a title. On this one, he had written the lyrics on the chorus, "now I finally found my innocence" and the radio man parts, "you're free to go now."

This rang true to me at that moment in my life as I had been struggling so hard for so long to make a mark as a singer/songwriter. Every door I knocked on was slammed in my face. I was told "you're too young" for many years, you need to do this or that and trust me, I did everything!!! Then one day I was told, "you're too old!!!"

It took most of my life to figure out that a lot of people will cheat, lie, steal, or do whatever it takes to get ahead. I just couldn't believe it. I wasn't raised that way. Then going against everything I believed in, I started double-checking my surroundings, especially people who put me down, professionally and personally. I started realizing what was going on around me. So one day I sat down in a hotel room, who knows where, and wrote these lyrics.

I would like to note that my friend and brother [bandmate] Ean [Evans] is very sick and although we did not always see eye to eye throughout the process of this CD, we always found a way to get through our differences and I would not have been able to have such a great representation of my work without someone so talented who finally believed in me. For that I am forever grateful!!! He and his family desperately need thoughts and prayers from all you reading this.

"Innocence"
I am inadequate. That's how I'm made to feel. I am replaceable. That's
what I'm supposed to believe.