I love playing to people and seeing them react.

My parents were older than normal when they had me, and had been very into the politics of the 1960s, so I was brought up in that atmosphere.

Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way.

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.