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I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.

I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot of them were songwriters like Lionel Richie. I mean, they were able to control their own destiny.

They were so good that you just had to sing the song to them once and they got it. It's amazing. Sometimes it didn't come out the way you wanted, but it was good.

We played some gigs in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago and it was the first time I really felt the group was really a band in the sense of something I could write for.

The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

I miss all of the singing from the '90s; I miss groups. There are no groups like Jagged Edge and SWV or Brownstone.