As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
North America was ready for something other than a vanilla cooking show and we were providing the double dark chocolate fudge.
I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.