Kerry Butler Interview: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust,

Kerry Butler Interview: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
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LP: Is there one - and maybe it was Bare Necessities - that was particularly challenging?

KB: I would say that was the biggest challenge just because I didn�t know what � like with all the songs I kind of wanted to do my own spin on them. Obviously, why would you buy an album if it�s gonna be exactly like every other Disney album that you have?

And so my goal with this album is for people like me who love Disney and love the message but don�t necessarily have to have all the fireworks and the bells and the whistles. It�s kind of like a stripped down Disney. There are big orchestrations like I�m sure you heard like This Only Happens In The Movies and things like that, but for me it�s more just the feeling of Disney.

And so with Bare Necessities I knew I wanted to make it different but I was like �how in the world do I make this different?� And I wasn�t like that familiar with Bare Necessities. It wasn�t one of my favorite songs but then Kos tried to � he was the one that said, �Maybe you should do this one,� and he was playing it for me and I was like, �Wow, that really does have a good message and it does really go with our album.� Just about how you don�t need a lot of stuff. And if you just have what you need and that�s all there is to it, you�ll be happy. If you�re happy with what you have then you�ll be fine. And I never really listened to that before when I heard that song. So I ended up loving how it came out.

LP: Being such a Disney fan, do you have a favorite Disney movie?

KB: I have to say The Little Mermaid. Little Mermaid is my favorite princess and my favorite movie and I have a Little Mermaid pin collection.

LP: Yeah. I heard that you and your husband were big pin collectors.

KB: Yes, we are. We�re not crazy. We�re always nice. We�re good pin traders.

LP: You�re not sharks?

KB: No, no, no. We bring extras to give to kids when they ask for some.

LP: Oh, very cool.

KB: You know you have to have good pin karma.

LP: Your daughter�s old enough where you bring her down here as well when you come, right?

KB: Oh, she�s already been there four times and we�ve had her a year and a half. So yeah, she�s gone. And the first few times she didn�t love it like us and it was a little impeding on our fun a little bit because we had to go home in time for naps and things. But now she has finally become obsessed with it like we are and every day she asks us when we are going to Disney World and she loves the characters so now it�s really fun.

LP: Again, being a Disney fan, what�s your favorite park to visit down here?

KB: That�s very difficult but I have to go with the classic Magic Kingdom. But I love them all. I really, really love Epcot too for the countries. But I think if I only had one day I would go to Magic Kingdom.

LP: Assuming the CD does well do you think you could come up with another set of songs? Would you like to do another one?.

KB: I would. I loved doing it so much and even when we were doing it, it was kind of like �oh my gosh. There�s so many songs that we didn�t use you could totally do another one.�

LP: You said you performed some songs yesterday at a benefit. It would be great for you to come down here some time and do that here at Walt Disney World don�t you think?

KB: I would love to. You don�t even understand how much I love singing these songs. I was kind of like �oh, yeah. I�ll do an album.� And then it just puts you in the best mood singing these songs and it�s so inspiring and last night I sang these songs and my heart was so into it. I could just spend my life going around singing these songs.

LP: Have you ever been a theme park performer at all?

KB: No, but me and my husband always said we want to retire in Disney World and we want to work in one of the stores and just welcome the people into Disney World.

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-- Posted May 13, 2008
-- Interview by Doobie Moseley with additional questions from Kirby Holt

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