I Never Studied Jazz Technically; I Just

I Remember That The Bass Was Turned Up Slightly More On The Mix From Last Week, And I Thought That Was Good - Or Whatever. Like, There Were Some Little Things In There That He Said That He Came To, Like, Really Enjoy My Opinion Or At Least, Like, My Little Comments On The Songs. So I Was Kind Of Destined To Probably Be A Studio Rat.

I Think, You Know, For Me, Whatever I Need To Slot Into To Make That Music The Best It Can Be Or Help The Artists, Or Whoever I'm Working With, Achieve Whatever Vision They Have In Their Head For A Song.

I Had A Somewhat Frenetic Childhood Because My Mum And Dad Split Up When I Was Five, And Then My Mum Remarried.

D'angelo Could Sing The Phonebook And It Would Sound Good.

So When I Was Working With Amy Winehouse On "back To Black," You Know, She Had All These Beautiful Songs, Incredibly Well-written And Just Her On An Acoustic, Nylon-string Guitar. And She'd Play Them For Me, And Then I Would Kind Of Drum Up My Idea Of What I Thought - Make A Demo With What I Thought The Drums Should Be Doing, The Guitars - Like, Quite A Crude Demo.