I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.
I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.
Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.
People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.
If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with somebody else, you get that immediate feedback.
I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.
I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.
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