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I didn't grow up with classical music. My father was a folk music singer.

I've always had a close connection to both rock and classical music.

I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.

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

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.

I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.