You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific.

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific.