“My father’s a bass player, so I was always around music. I’m one of the few funk/jazz/hip-hop/gospel musicians that didn’t come up from a really early age. I’ve always been musically minded, but I didn’t really start playing until I was 15 or 16. There’s been a lot of falling in love with music later in life, when you’re a lot more mature. I’m able to keep some distance from the music and look at it from a contrarian perspective. I’m much more even-keeled beca...