I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.
The musicians one day are going to listen to me.
When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.
Who says soul has only one colour?
I made my new album 'Colour Me Free!' in a week with my own money.
The big, big record labels have so much control. I think too much control that it actually made their artists scared to not do what they were told and then the music suffers because of that dynamic and now there's the power of the download.