Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.
I think that the best part of music is when it comes from a real place and has an ability to kind of connect on a much larger scale. It no longer is a personal thing, it becomes everyone else's thing as well.
My sound is definitely what I like to call 'e-clectric.'
I'm a nice guy, but I like to get into trouble.
I think your conversations are indicative of your tastes - even your diction.
One of the most telling things about a person is how they say hello, handshakes.
At the end of the day, as a grown man, I don't really care what the sexuality of the next man is.
I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.
Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is, I was ready to be completely vulnerable and honest with myself and unapologetic when it comes to how I express myself in my medium. But I wasn'...
I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve.
I want everyone to express themselves in a unique way.
For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.
You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.
I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.
A lot of people forget that R&B put hip-hop on, R&B put rock on.
I feel that as artists - whatever your medium is - I feel that we're watching what goes on around us and we take what we don't see, or we don't hear, or we don't feel and we do something that speaks of it; more about it, for it, or against it - whate...
I just think that Jack White is the consummate artist - an artist's artist. I'm a huge fan.
I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.
To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and by the movement of it and by the soul of it.
Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.
