I'd like to think my music - especially Unconditional Love, is a representation of the philosophies and ideologies I want to share with you.
Being at Windham Hill now has made me more appreciative of the people who still believe in the things that I believe in, that are a part of me.
I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done.
If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.
There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was. Or the Pips were, as far as that's concerned.
Because there's so many intangibles about art. It's so personal in terms of whether it is good or bad. Or you like it or you don't like it.
To have achieved something that represents music that is played long after my bones are dust, I don't look at it as an epitaph, although it could be.
She and Celine Dion are my two favorite people in the entire world. I feel similar ways about Celine. I love her energy. I love being around her.