I do songs with them I wouldn't even try with other guys. Curtis reminds me how the lyrics go if I forget and I think John has a tape recorder between his ears. They know my stuff better than anybody else. They make me work!

Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.

Most of the time, somebody has a good story and adds the songs to it later. This show seems to be worked from the completely opposite angle. Billy wrote the music and lyrics, and Twyla grabs it and makes the show.

Listen, I love old Madonna songs--I don't know one person who doesn't. But we want to focus mainly on this album. I think people love it and they want to hear it, so expect a lot of the songs from Confessions on a Dance Floor .

You go out of the driveway and you can't see oncoming traffic. It's tough for both pedestrian and vehicles when those trucks are there.

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.