A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

I'd definitely love to play in Nashville again. That would be really good.

I couldn't get my album played over the so-called smooth jazz stations. Jazz stations would not play it. You don't always know who you're making that soul connection with.

Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.