I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years.And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.

Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.

It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard.

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.