Quotes About Soulful

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

I thought to myself as I heard this, 'Aren't there two kinds of food – one for the body and one for the soul? And of the two, surely the latter is the more satisfying?

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.

A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much.

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

Music has been an important part of my life.

I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.

A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

I suppose I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded person, the 'sensitive' role.

I listen to a lot of songs, and they aren't talking about anything. I don't connect with them. I'll listen to something like Musiq Soulchild's 'Just Friends,' and I'm like, 'Wow, I really feel what he's talking about.' That's how I want people to feel about my music.

When I heard 'Back to Black' from Amy Winehouse, I was, like, 'Wow.' To hear such a soulful voice that feels like it's from a different era, I mean, it felt so fresh and unique, and that was something that opened my eyes and made me believe that it's not always about churning out the same thing in this industry.

Nothing consoles like the blues.

I want to touch people's hearts, to get right down to their souls.

I am really thankful to the audiences that they have appreciated all my songs and I have managed to touch their soul.

That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out.

I hear singers on a daily basis and there are some who really end up touching your heart.

I'm a pretty deep guy. I'm not a tough guy at all. People think I give this persona that I'm thick-skinned, but I'm not and when I'm writing songs, that comes out.

Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks.

We will make love an art and we will love like artists.

Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.

I love jazz music and sad music.

I am in Love with Love and Love is in love with me.

I love you without knowing how, why, or even from where