My parents were music lovers and collectors. It was around.

I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning.

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.

I love all kinds of music.

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'm not a jazz singer.