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I never look at a note. I just roam the stage. The people do not want to leave.

As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted by recognizing something. It's like hide and seek. Is it there? Is it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It's one fantastic game.

People have this perception of soul music of somebody shouting.

And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is.