I Never Studied Jazz Technically; I Just

Basically, There's A Good Friend Of Mine Who Works At Emi Publishing, A Publishing Company. He Had Asked Me - He Was Like, You Know, Do You Know This Girl, Amy Winehouse? She's In New York For A Day. She's Kind Of Meeting People To Maybe Work With On Her Second Album.

I Didn't Really Get That Good At Cutting Because I Didn't Have Those Three Years Of Gestating And Nurturing My Skills In The Bedroom. I Was Kind Of, Like, Out And Playing In Clubs After Three Of Four Months, Because I Was Pushy With Promoters. But I Would Just Listen To The Radio - Stretch Armstrong And Red Alert - And Then I Would Go Hang Out With Mayhem, Who Did The Wnyu Hip-hop Show.

You Know, That Was The First Time [with Any Winehouse] That I Probably Ever Used A Baritone Sax. And It's Certainly The Texture That, You Know - It's All Over The Record 'cause It's A Nice Compliment To Her Tone.

And I Remember That About Three Years Before That, Her First Record Had Come Out. And I Just Remember Really Liking This One Song Off It Called "in My Bed" And Being A Little Bit Enamored. This, You Know, This Young Kind Of Jewish Girl From North London, You Know, I Have The Same Thing - From A Jewish Family From North London - With This Incredible Voice.

D'angelo Could Sing The Phonebook And It Would Sound Good.