When I am playing, I am in another zone. When I don't even think about my hands, I make fewer mistakes, and it's more emotional. It all seems to happen in a wonderful way. -- Billy McLaughlinOften, the more virtuosic the musician, the more distant and impersonal the music. With Billy McLaughlin, however, acoustic fingerstyle wizardry is only a tool, allowing the feeling in the songs to come through.I probably listen to more singers than anything. If I'm doing my job, I can get my guitar to be that emotive. Some people still need to hear that actual voice, but those that are open to hearing it will find it. I love all kinds of music, and I never wanted to hold back the expressive side of performing by limiting myself.-- Billy McLaughlinBilly's latest releases are A SIMPLE GIFT, a new holiday recording that features a medley of O Come Immanuel and Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street, and FINALLY! LIVE, which features fantastic covers of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready and Bob Marley's She's Gon