I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many people liked it as possible.
I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a lot of different ways.
I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.
In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if you're not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.
I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.
I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music.
People may not know this about me, but I've always loved cooking. My favorite thing to cook is my mom's spicy spaghetti.
My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.
Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.
I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.
We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.
It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.
Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.
I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.
