Hi David,

This is a very weird experience for me. I am 42 and have never done this i.e. join a fan club. Not sure what you did but your music seem to bring me back to life again (you don't know how weird this feels, but I feel compelled to do it). I think you touched a cord with many people, young and old. Similar to some of the other people, I stopped listening to current music, garbage...In this jaded world of show biz, your integrity and honesty certain shines through like a beacon, and that is what everyone is responding to.

Loved the way in the middle of the chaos of winning AI that you had the presence of mind to include all your fellow team members, and how close you were to your family, that is when I fell in love with your spirit...I prayed that night for you that you do not get engulfed in the madness that you are probably about to step into, and that you have the fortitude to navigate through whatever life brings you in the next few years.

I pray that your family will not be adversely affected by your sudden rise to "celebrity" and that you will continue to enjoy REAL family and friends. I pray that you do not get jaded and hope that you never won AI...but use this to be a positive force in this world, even beyond music.

Like you said in one of your interivews "whatever is happening to me had nothing to do with me", or how you weird it is that people connect with you through a television, like we know each other from before...if you got that, and continue to apply that spirit, you are going to be OK.

With much love and hugs (in a "I wish you the best way"!)

zen68

P.S. Write back if you can, it will certainly awaken the teenager in me again!