No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang.
I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!
I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.