I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me.
I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.
I would say that I'm finding my voice in more ways than one.
I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.
There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.
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.