A Lot Of People Think I Live

James Brown Is The Perfect Example Of Flashy But Classy. Classy Doesn't Have To Mean Boring. His Gear Was Flamboyant But Without Being So Over The Top. The Cape Was Probably The Biggest Part Of His Persona. He Looked Like Superman.

I Make Soul Music For Hip-hop Heads. It's Music I'd Want To Sample If I Were A Rapper.

I Really Love Rap Music. I Grew Up In The '80s And '90s With Public Enemy, N.w.a., Ll Cool J - I'm A Hip-hop Encyclopedia. But I Got Kind Of Frustrated With The Chauvinistic Side Of Rap Music, The One That Makes It Hard To Write Songs About Love And Relationships.

I Shopped At J. Crew In High School, I Studied Computer Science. I Was A Nerd-nerd, Now I'm A Music-nerd.

I Was Really Fortunate Growing Up To Have A Broad Musical Education. My Parents Listened To All Kinds Of Music, Rock, Soul, Motown, Jazz, Frank Sinatra, Everything.