I said if a woman sings an aggressive guy's lyric, it can't miss.
Peforming as James Brown, I didn't really have to go deep in my soul the way I do as Charles Bradley.
I remember listening to Sugar Free and Jay Z and I never really understood some of the stuff they used to say until years later. Then you hear it again like, Damn that's crazy. I just got what he's talking about.
Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.
Most of the time, it's pretending I'm somebody else to get into a different head space. A lot of times, it's just, 'Who do I want to be onstage tonight? Is it going to be Marc Bolan, or is it going to be Grace Jones, or Roy Orbison?'
One of the exciting things about producing a comic is seeing the artist stamp his own interpretation on it.
I'm hoping that when people hear a live Dawes song on YouTube or at a show and then they get that studio version, hopefully they're excited, rather than saying, "Oh man, I wanted completely new material I've never heard before."
Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.
Colin Blunstone did a cover of one of my songs, and the reason I liked it was he changed it completely from my version.
If you listen to old Jerry Lee Lewis records, he'll always - about nine times out of 10 have the lyrics different than the original record is.
