I Don't Feel Like That Many Musicians

In The 1970s, For All The Stevie Wonders, I'm Sure There Were Five Artists That Were Making Forgettable Music.

My Family Is Very Musical, I Was Surrounded By It. And From Four Years Old I Was The One That Asked My Mother Could I Take Piano Lessons... It Wasn't Forced On Me. It Was Something I Wanted To Do. And Ever Since, I've Never Stopped, I've Never Stopped Playing Music. I Never Went Through A Period Where I Didn't Want To Do It.

The Best Training Is To Play By Ear: Trial By Fire.

I Just Want My Music To Measure Up To. Part Of It's Just Thinking About My Place In History And How This Music Is Going To Be Perceived, If It's Listened To 30, 40 Years From Now.

I Have A Structured Songwriting Process. I Start With The Music And Try To Come Up With Musical Ideas, Then The Melody, Then The Hook, And The Lyrics Come Last. Some People Start With The Lyrics First Because They Know What They Want To Talk About And They Just Write A Whole Bunch Of Lyrical Ideas, But For Me The Music Tells Me What To Talk About.