My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.
I'm sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing.
And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.
Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
My dad actually taught me how to play piano. I was classically trained, but I've started to branch off a little bit into blues and jazz. That's my new thing.
Most Americans in both red and blue states reject and resent the message being sent by Hollywood and some in the media that values are subjective, to be defined by the individual and not by God.
I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?'
I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.
Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.
The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why we call ourselves 'the chosen people.' It is not that we choose ourselves. It means that we have been elected by God and given ...
I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.
Some of my favorite films are musicals, like 'Walk the Line,' 'The Rose' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' I just love the way the music and the story fuel each other.
I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.
I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish greys and drizzle. I love the cities of the Spanish interior.
I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
My essentials are skinny jeans, loose-fitting tees, big jumpers, and the leather jacket. Everything is black or blue - I don't own anything colorful.
Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.
