"Q: And now Kenny has recorded a beach album, last week's No. 1 Be As You Are, in which he tries to be you.
A: It's flattering. Some people say I should be pissed off about it but I'm really not. The beach is free. As I said before, I was the first singer to go to Key West, but I certainly wasn't the first writer. As shameless plagiarists we all steal from everybody else; that's part of the process. I consider that a good thing. Hell, I stole from Harry Belafonte and Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell. ... It's the highest form of flattery, and I'm fine with it."
The whole interesting interview is at
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...g/10883325.htm
You may have to register (it's free - use a junk email account and/or click "no thanks" on the offers.) For somebody who presents a laid back persona he sure is one busy fella.
