In an interview with National Post , the raspy-voiced solo star Macy Gray (“I Try”, “Sweet Baby”, “Sexual Revolution”) was answering questions about her newly released album of cover songs. Questions related to her collaborations followed and she had something rather unique and true to say about John.

Q: You’ve collaborated with George Clinton, John Frusciante and Mos Def. What do you like about working with other artists?

A: I’m like, â€œHow did you get so good?â€ You can’t teach what John Frusciante does. And you definitely can’t teach how to be George Clinton.

For those of you who can’t remember it straight away or don’t know it: John provided his subtle guitar to the hit single Sweet Baby off Gray’s 2001 album, the ID.