I find that it's nice to work with somebody and spin off on someone else's feelings. You get a little jaded by yourself.
I suppose I had these concerns but I really felt that I had to keep my scope very, very concentrated.
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.