This album was my first chance to create music without a purpose other than to express myself however I felt I needed to express myself. I have written and recorded a lot of music over the last ten years and what you hear in these songs is the result of persistence, passion, and personality. Many of the lyrics are personal, some of them are outright fake, and some have no words at all. Dif'raunt is simply and musical, emotional, creative experience. Here's what someone had to say after hearing songs from this album: "I'm just picking up on the reality that John Paul Sharp, an Out musician I was none too thrilled by a decade ago, has literally been working on his craft nearly non-stop, releasing dozens of albums over the decade. From a day of listening to some of his releases from the past year, he has become, well, *amazing*. From his forthcoming new album Dif'raunt, this is just one instance that displays his astonishingly sharp (no other word will do) ear for character, as well as some awesome composition and arrangement chops. Go back and listen to his catalog ... Sharp and his collaborators are clearly now ready for prime time." - Bill Stella Realman