One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs 'Come On, Come On' and 'I Am A Town', they're two of my favorite songs.
I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.
I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.
I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.
After playing so many songs in churches for eight or nine years, I've learned what songs people react to. Then I just had fun with the arrangements. That's how this album came together.
The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.
I'll listen to anything authentic whether it's bluegrass or gospel or blues.
But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album.
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.