Musician Quotes

I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.

I love to play music.

I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.

I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.

I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time.

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately.

I don't take my clothes off in my videos.

I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.

I can do a gig without an instrument.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

I like to do the splits onstage.

When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn; I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant.

This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.

If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.

If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.

I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.