I won't say extremely prolific, but I try to write stuff that will last a long time.

I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.

From the get-go, my musical influences come from hip pop, popular stuff. And then I backtracked into the blues, jazz and classical. I always had a pop sensibility. I mean I'm making records to sell em!

Maya Angelou is a very prolific writer. You can read her stuff down once and sort of walk away, but if you really want to get the richness of what she is saying you have to check it out a couple of times.

Lee has one of the biggest hearts I've ever come across. He's an extremely generous person.

In reaction to Katrina, we wanted to be extremely proactive.