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"One day Scooter and I were doodling around and playing some music and somewhere the line, "sound of a million dreams" just came out," says Phil. "We were talking about how these songs and artists we listen to on the radio had influenced us in our lives growing up. For me, they totally were and still are, the soundtrack of my life. "The Sound of a Million Dreams" is really talking about that. We were talking about "Main Street," the Bob Seger song, that's one of my favorite songs, and "Mama Tried." Merle Haggard was my very first concert I saw ever. I saw Merle Haggard and Van Halen in the same week, so that kind of sums it up for me music-wise. [laughs] I always wanted to be Merle Haggard and David Lee Roth at the same time! I can listen to a song and I can still smell honeysuckle, or I can see these moments, being with a girl, all that stuff. These things take you back, and you forget about that.
"People can talk about hype, and this artist or that artist," Phil continues, "but, to me, it's always going to be about that song. No matter what materializes with anybody, these artists are artists because they have great songs. I think that's the bottom line. With a song like 'Sound of a Million Dreams,' when you write it, you think, 'Wow, this is neat, but it'll probably never be recorded or never be a single.' But the more I think about it, a song like that, it's a special song. I think David did a great job on it. He's a great singer. They did such a great job on the production of it -- it's so simple, they didn't overproduce it. It's just him singing a song. That's what it's all about."
Watch David Nail Sing 'The Sound of a Million Dreams' Live
