I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.
I definitely have a little attraction to bad guys, but they have to be sweethearts underneath. After all, I like to be treated well.
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.