Web sites are dedicated to it. It was adopted by the Methodist church who purchased 10,000 copies of it to pass to members. Recently, with only a keyboard and a microphone which multiplied his voice, Kurt sang it for ambassadors from many nations at the new auditorium at the Washington D.C. temple visitor's center. The ambassadors in the audience, representing several lands and several religions, were united in that moment in a spirit that was palpable. Kurt's Childhood From his earliest childhood, Kurt hated conflict.
Life's just too short to have negative feelings.
That same sensitivity spilled over into music. Kurt's mother made a point of music in the home. It was natural. His dad played the trumpet, his mom the French horn, and he started taking piano lessons at age 7, but he didn't like to practice. One of his defining characteristics is that Kurt creates musical parallels to visual images.