My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

I have very eclectic tastes.

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.