White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.

I'm definitely an anomaly, but I'm making things. They're selling, say, martinis, and I'm kind of making vintage Riesling. People aren't going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They'd rather just have the martini.

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.