By 17, I Had A Whole Band

For Me Able To Do The Records I Want To Do And Not Have To Worry About This Producer Or That Producer Or That Trend, I'm Not Really Interested In That.

I Listen To All Kinds Of Songs. There's Something To Be Learned From Every Type Of Music And From The One Making It, Whether It's Pop Or Jazz Or Hip-hop.

I Just Do What I Do And Hope It's Accepted By The Public At Large. It's Different From When Marvin Gaye And Stevie Revolutionized What Music Was 25 Years Ago. Now There's All This Technology That's Available To Everyone. It's Tough To Be Ahead Of Anyone.

I've Always Been Serious About Music. After You've Done It For So Many Years, You Get Back To The Basics.

Being A Musician, You Want To Be Able To Do The Hardest Stuff There Is. People Would Think It's Classical, But In Classical, It's All On The Page And The Difficulty Is Keeping Up With The Music.