It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.
But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment
I actually am always a music first person
I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do
A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following