I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.