My first love was the sound of guitar.

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

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

As far as other instrumentalists, I used to love mellow sax players like Paul Desmond. I love piano.

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything.

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.