For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.
“I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.”