Influences....

oh...SOoo MAny GReat PASsions That INFluenceD UNbeKNownst to THem And Probably Unbeknownst To Me Too... But Theyre EMbedded iN My SUbconcious SOmewhere I SUpPose...HElping Me CHOose THe NExt NOte....DIctating THe RHYthms I Shake My TOosh To.......! As a STarted To GEntly Ease Myself Out Of GIrlhood, i WOuld Lie FOr HOUrs on My BEdroom FLOor LIstening to U2, PRince, EUrythmics, KAte BUsh... so different... but all MAde SEnse TO DIfferent PArts OF Me. I WAs HEAvily iN To SOme Of THe JAzz GReats iN mY EArlY TEanS... BIlly and Ella BEing THe LEAding FEmale VOices Of THeir TIme, thEY GOt Me huMming aND StREtchINg mY Half foRMed VOcal CHorDS..... WHich STRangely LEd me to JOni MITchell... a BIg PAssion DIScovered. I DAbbled in A LIttle P-Funk as A miDTEenager.... THat WAs All ABout DAncing... I MOved on to SOul in THe FOrm Of GLAdys KNIght, BIll WIthers, OTtis, AL GReen, JAmes BRown... STill DAncing. Then came Nick Cave...PJ.HArvey...in one breath ANd I STEpped INTo THe UNKnown. BJOrk OPeneD My EArs, BUrst My CHesT OPen aNd In FLOoded a WhOle NEw rEAlm oF pOSsibILity. RAdio HEad HIt Me HArd In THe Face LIke THey DId MOst PEople.. And BEck For THe LIghter SIde OF THe WIerd. NExt CAme LIttle FEet.. for CoOling OFf AnD reMEmbeRIng ThE NeEd FOr SimPLIcity...I WAs VERy TAken WIth Moloko AFter I SAw THem At GLAstonbury.... THat Was mOStlY ABout PErformance...I WAs PErfORming MYself SO I Was Taking NOtice. JeFf BucKLEy juSt AFteR hE diED, fOUnd AnD lOsT anD LIvinG On FOreVEr. FioNA ApPLe STruck A CHord WIth Me, Fiest... tHe aPparENt SiMPlictY oF HeR... aND i"M liSTEning fOr WhAT ThE NAugHTIes HAve tO OFfer.. sOme Of IT PoP, SomE Of iT NoT............................. ................