It's very flattering to feel like you actually helped create a sub-genre.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.
It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.
I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.
I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart.
I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.
I spent the first part of my career trying to avoid genre because I felt like genre, in some way, was cliche.
It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs.
I just cut songs I love and that represent what I want to say. And if it crosses over, that's very flattering. It's cool to know that with people listening to rock and rap, I'm sitting on their iPods along with that stuff.
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.