When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the
Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.
When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.