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I like to listen the blues and some classical.

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.

I've been loving music all my life.

You always draw from your roots. I'm influenced by everything I hear and see, and that includes music today, but obviously I go back to my early influences: Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Average White Band. Those kind of artists are what I look to. When I hear that stuff on the radio, I turn it up!

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.