Quotes About Music

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.

I'd like to live in a house in Miami and make music, or Brooklyn.

I love the type of music that comes out of Miami, but it's not the artist that I want to be.

It's great to work with a group from Miami.

Miami is one of the cities you could party all night to the next day.

Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it.

I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.

I've done music since I would sit and make songs on my computer mic when I was 11.

My dad got me the same mic I use on everything now - this $200 mic from Guitar Center.

The experiences I go through... everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.

I was born with a mic in my hand.

I'm all about showing people what I can really do in country music. Give me a mic and let me perform, and I'll prove it to you.

I'm not an amazing engineer; I'm just super basic. I'm pretty cavalier about it - I stick the mic wherever it sounds good.

On stage, I have my three band mates and my guitar in front of me, and mic stand and that's like your shield - it's genuinely amazing what having an instrument does for you, it's like your safety blanket, taking that away is really weird.

Michael Jackson was a Gemini. Kanye, Lauryn Hill, a lot of people that are amazing artists are Geminis.

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him.

You look at Michael McDonald and people like that; I think they just tried to write music that was true to themselves. That's our bottom line. Whatever people view us as, I think as long as we try to create good music that will win out in the end.

The experiences that I've had growing up with music, you know, I couldn't trade them for any money in the world. Dancing in the living room to enjoy myself. 'Enjoy Yourself,' Michael Jackson.

I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson.

There are two kinds of people in this world: Michael Jackson fans and losers.

I love working out to Michael Jackson.

However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.

Michael was a type of person the whole family went behind who crossed all borders with his music.