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I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.

By the time my first solo record came out, I was making a handsome living as a record producer. I had worked with the Band, Janis Joplin and all of these other artists in the Albert Grossman organization. So as my so-called solo career evolved, I never felt pressure that I had to come back and top when I might've done before.

My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.

The whole time I was with 'The Temptations', I was accumulating my own solo recordings.

As funny as it sounds, the best thing I got out of making a solo record was to realize how much I love being in a band.

My music has always been my solo project.

The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.