I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A.
From Teena Marie
I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what.
I have a deep affinity for New Orleans - its like a second home to me - they treat me like I'm their own.
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.
My first album came out in 1979.
I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano.
I'm from California, and still live in LA.
I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.
I think that's the problem in a lot of music. We've got these record labels.
This is a gift. This is a gift from God. It's really like the old Biblical passage that talks about your body being a temple. That's not to say that I've never done anything but I've never abused myself. Never gone over the top for a long period of time.
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