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I wanted to collaborate with someone, but it had to be someone I could work with and who wouldn't disrespect my past.

I wanted to be in a band that shared ideas and were in it together.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

That's always been a dream for me, to be able to collaborate and make music with the people that inspired you to make music.

I'd love to collaborate with a writer, but I'm such a control freak, it might be difficult.

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.

I'd worked with directors who wouldn't collaborate. Then I've also worked with directors who didn't really know what they wanted. I knew I didn't want to be either one of those guys - or girls.

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.