I Don't Deserve A Songwriters Hall Of

The Relationship With A Producer And An Artist Is Really Special. It's Got To Be Love And Respect, Amazing Mutual Respect For Each Other, Because That's What Makes A Good Record.

What Happens When You Get A Big Break And You Haven't Prepared Yourself? That Becomes The Biggest Mistake You've Ever Made. I See It Happen All The Time.

I Never Felt Like I Had A Mother.

Some Summers My Father Would Take Us Down To Visit Our Grandmother In Louisville, Who Was An Ex-slave, Susan Jones, And She Had A Shotgun Shack They Call It, And No Electricity, A Well In The Back, A Coal Stove, Kerosene Lamps.

I Go To The Favelas In Brazil. It's The Same In The South Side Of Chicago. It's The Same, Or Just More Violent. We're Trying To Get Them To Stop Selling Dope. You See Kids With Ak-47s, And Nine-year-olds With Nine Millimeters. You Know, They Don't Play. They Make Us Look Like Nuns.