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

I was a guitar player first off.

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 love all kinds of music.

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

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