Carlos Santana says: When I hear this song and when I hear Michelle singing I am just really honored to share her spirit and her heart and her innocence.  She's just turned 19, but when she speaks and she sings she's a deep, deep, old, old soul. She's been around the earth many times. I'm just very grateful that she came to the bat, bases were loaded and she hit a home run.

The first time I heard this on the radio I said, "Oh yeah. That's the stuff that makes your hair stand up." It's glorious to be 55 and share with someone who's 19, and still feel effervescent about it.

She needs to be validated in her own spirit. She's the future in this so-called arena of so much artificial, superficial plastic. It's great to see someone who's genuine -- a new Tina (Turner), a new Aretha (Franklin), a new Whitney (Houston). It's glorious to see the future in her now.

Michelle Branch says:  The collaboration with Carlos was really something that I was unaware of until I got this call one day from my manager. He said, "Next time you're in Los Angeles, would you want to go into the recording studio and put a vocal on a song for Carlos' new album?" And I said, "Wait a minute! You have the wrong number!" That was one of my first reactions.

 When I first heard "Game of Love" I was on tour and I had the CD sent to me. It was different for me because I am a writer and so I am very used to doing all my own songs and having a certain way that I do them, and being able to be the boss. When I went into the studio to do "Game of Love," I had to be open to other people's opinions and listen to other people -- whether it was writers or producers -- for Carlos.

 The way I look at it is, I'm 19 now and I'm working with Carlos Santana, so I can't wait to see what I'm doing at 30!  I feel very blessed to have somebody like Carlos take interest, and he's allowing me to be involved in one of his albums and that's a very personal thing. It's not the kind of thing to be taken lightly.

source:  cnn.com