(Supporting troops) is important because they don't have places to go. ... They need people thinking of them.

They just liked the purple.

The good news for Christmas is that the album will be finished by late January and we are looking at a March/April release date. It's very exciting, and the band can't wait.

Many of our Latino kids, that we have in our system, are brilliant kids.... but, we as a system have placed a value judgement that unless they can do it in our language, we don't give them credit for it.