So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked.
Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.
Well you know, I've been into music my whole life, so to be able to put an album together with some of that music was awesome.
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
I really just dabble in music; I really just did a few albums for my fans.
It's easy to make an album full of great songs. But I want people to go for the ride. The songs have to make sense together.
I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.
I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.