Charlie Haden

I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to my mom and dad for giving me all this music. I don't really sing this as a singer, because I'm not a singer. But I wanted to do it for them.

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it.

I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect.