What I know about cancer comes mainly from being the husband of someone who suffered from it. What happened to Linda happens to many others. So we must do all we can to fight cancer. For this reason I welcome the opportunity, through my music, to raise funds for research to help eradicate breast and liver cancer. I am touched by the musical tributes from the other composers and I am deeply grateful to the performers and organisers of a Garland for Linda.
Music does have an extraordinary power to move people and to provide a source of hope.
I pray that, through a Garland for Linda, The Garland Appeal can achieve its worthwhile goals to the benefit of music, musicians and cancer sufferers everywhere.