The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.
I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.
I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.
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.
I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now.
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.
Solo concerts are murder, I find; I don't like doing them.
I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.
The whole time I was with 'The Temptations', I was accumulating my own solo recordings.
I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.