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What I do and where I come from, the kind of music that I'm making, it's definitely U.K. If I turned around and did a tune with Timbaland, it would be amazing, but it would be me kind of leaving where I'm coming from.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

Working with Timbaland, he gives me insight; he throws me different ways to approach the beat, and those extra tips go a long way. I know that he's worked with some of the greats, so it's just motivation. I feel inspired when we're in the booth together.

I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.

I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to.

I haven't a great jazz band, and I don't want one.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I want to make music that stands the test of time.

I don't want to make niche-oriented music.