All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.
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.

