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I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't even send my records out.

I don't know if I'd ever sing a whole album because I don't know if I'd want to hear my voice for more than three or four songs.

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.

A lot of people have come with 100 songs and never had the impact that I have with one, and I'm well aware of that.

I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.

When I listen to my own records, I always think, 'Oh, I could have sung that so much better.' But you have to finish something and turn it in. If I didn't have folks who say, 'Come on, we need the record now,' I probably would never finish one.

I got a couple on per album but my problem was that I wanted to sing the songs and not let Roger sing them.