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

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.

I'm not a jazz singer.

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 was a guitar player first off.

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around.