I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.

My first love was the sound of guitar.

A lot of what I have always done is do other singers.

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.