Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song

Yes!!! I booked a commercial!!!

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious.

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.