The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

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

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.

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

I am not a jazz singer. I wouldn't place myself on that footing. I wouldn't even enter that arena.

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.