My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

I never excluded any genre on my first record.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.