We were in the middle of a bunch of stuff, Leonard tells EW.
We were going to venture to make an R&B recordfor real.
Theres four, five, six songs that are sitting there, and theyre good.

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We were all over a few things that were too damn cool, Leonard says.
Theyre done just like Treaty and theyre beautiful.
Its an interesting exercise, right?
That it doesnt ever push you away from it, it pulls you in.
But we had many songs started and some of them finished, very near completion but not recorded.
I dont know what will happen, Leonard said, his voice breaking.
The suddenness of his passing precludes that.