00:00My career began a long, long time ago and took a long, long time to actually become
00:07a successful career.
00:10So high points, singing with Ray Charles after he was such a big influence on me as an artist,
00:18singing with Pavarati, Highlight, a few of those, writing with Bob Dylan, writing with
00:28Gaga, I never thought I'd say that in the same sentence.
00:35The songwriting aspect of my career was something I never expected, I just wanted to be an artist
00:40but it was taking forever and writing songs for other artists created this amazing experience
00:49happened in the kitchen called food, a really good thing, food and when you're an artist
00:57literally, I mean there's no paycheck week to week, so the struggle went on for about
01:0418 years.
01:05I was signed when I was 16 and I had my first hit when I was 34.
