Quotes About Passion

I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real.

I am always happy to use my song and dance training.

It's not enough to play the old songs; that feels like being your own covers band or something. It's a big release to do new stuff.

Love songs just kind of come out very naturally, me being a very romantic person.

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want to write, so you never know.

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease.

I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment.

All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.

I'm a lover of songs.

I'm not looking for career attention, for more success, more money. I'm just singing songs I chose because I love them.

I am an incurable romantic. I am even in love with the idea of being in love, and hence, I write a lot of love songs.

My friends started making music, and then I started making covers because I was like, 'I don't have anything to write, but I like music.' So I would just cover Frank Ocean songs.

All the songs are good, but 'Press Your Number' was fixed to be my favorite song from the beginning.

My favorite songs are the ones that really come from the heart.

I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how to go about making an actual career.

All my songs encapsulate a particular emotion.

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

This is the most fun thing in the world to me, making music. Sitting down, I can make songs and not leave the booth, ever, and I love it.

Let Me Love You' is one of my favorite records from my catalogue. It's one of those songs that just happened magically.

I like making songs and playing '2K.'

This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do.