Quotes from Luke James

What it is you do, no one else does. Just hone in on it, and just get better and greater.

Every time I perform or sing, I have an 'ah ha' moment. When I look at my blog and people reach out to me anonymously and speak of how I sing and how my music has touched them, it's an 'ah ha' moment. I'm constantly getting that, and I don't want that to ever stop, because it's reassuring me that I'm doing something right.

'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical.

I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it.

I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own songs and discovering how to tell my own story properly.

I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in New Orleans.

I originally started playing saxophone. I started singing a little bit when I got into middle school, when I realized girls didn't really date the dude with the saxophone.

There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that.

I like to have a great vibe wherever I am creating. I like to have movies playing on mute - just eye candy - maybe a friend in the room, maybe a lovely young lady, someone you can use as a muse, who can give you inspiration by her essence.

I wear my heart on my sleeve. I tell you exactly how I feel.

When somebody notices me in the slightest, I can feel the eyes - boom-boom - as soon as they pass.

Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it.

If you really want change, no one else is going to make that for you. It's all mental at first. Once you overcome that mental part, your body can do anything.

I like to think of myself as a true artist.

I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.

New Orleans is gumbo. You get so man types of things... jazz, folk, Zydeco.

I want to create music that moves me, not just music that is going to get me famous or make someone at a label happy.

Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed.

As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.

It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly.

Being an only child, you just have a lot of time on your hands, figuring things out. Just doing music, man - music just came to me.

Everyone has their own journey, and for me, going from singing background to writing songs has truly opened doors for me and has also helped me find myself as an artist in terms of what I want to say and the style of music I want to have.

I love a very alluring woman. I love a strong woman. I love a woman that wanders, that just wants to explore.

I want to buy my mother a huge house in New Orleans so she can open up a bed and breakfast.