That is the chair.
That's the chair right there.
This is the chair that changed my life. It's where she was sitting.
I'm saw her from the back and I was transfixed by her perfect golden hair.
When she turned around, I never believed in love at first sight until I saw Julie.
Honestly, she just must have thought I was the biggest dork.
That's the window right there, right there, that's Julie's bedroom window.
This was our Romeo and Juliet thing right here, from this sidewalk,
playing guitar up to her, throwing rocks whatever. I'd do anything to get her attention,
even make a fool of myself. You know we talked about stage fright, I think stage
fright is something everyone experiences not just stage performers.
Have you ever had that feeling when it's just that feeling in your stomach that you,
feel like you want to run but you know you can't?, that's the way I felt at this door.
This is the door of Julie's parents home,
when I came to knock on that to take her out on our first date.
I tell you that is stage fright! But, you know, I've come to love stage fright
because I feel like it's a feeling we have when
we're stretching ourselves and that's a good thing.
This is it! This is the spot right here. The spot I proposed.
Okay, it's actually like, 20 miles that way but, it was fall and it was warm,
and the waterfall was actually water instead of ice.
It's a branch in the back of my...
You know, there are moments in life that mold us, that shape us,
and this mountain is the backdrop of one of those moments for me.
This is where I proposed to Julie.
Wait! Why am I telling you all this? I think life comes at us in seasons.
I've thought a lot about this you know, when you feel like you're in winter you get that feeling,
that everything is bleak and that you've got nothing to look forward
to in the Sun is gone. It's completely overcast in your life.
Those are the times for me when I'm feeling writer's block.
I'm feeling depression. I'm feeling complete struggle just wondering,
whether I can even weather the storm.
Then, I feellike all of us have this invincible summer within us!
It's people. It's places.
It's these memories that we can draw upon that make the sunlight come out,
and to me that's what Julie is.
I look back on all the memories that we have together,
and each and every one of them coalesce and overcome all of the
difficult times in the struggle and all I think about is the love that I have
for her, who I am because of her and I wish that I could even portray with
music what she means to me. I can't there's just not music beautiful enough.
However, I want to give it my best shot.
So, for the first time in all the years of doing The Piano Guys ,
I finally get to play beside my inspiration in this video with my wife, Julie Nelson.