Quotes About Soulful

Love is beyond the physical.

Music is love. Music is always about love.

By all appreciable signs, they loved; they had looked love, with eyes that conveyed the holy secret from the depths of one soul into the depths of the other, as if it were too sacred to be whispered by the way; they had even spoken love, in those gushes of passion when their spirits darted forth in articulated breath, like tongues of long-hidden flame; and yet there had been no seal of lips, no clasp of hands, nor any slightest caress, such as love claims and hallows.

Amo i solitari, i diversi, quelli che non incontri mai. Quelli persi, andati, spiritati, fottuti. Quelli con l'anima in fiamme.

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

I've purposely made my music to be challenging and different. There's some electronics, R&B, blues, Motown, country, jazz and lots of soul.

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

private and primitive and a bit on the funky and frightening

So, what are we doing tonight? Wait, let me guess, sitting in morose silence. Or, no…you're mixing it up. Brooding with soulful intensity, right? What a fucking wild child you are. Whoo. Hoo. Next thing you know, you'll be opening for Slipknot." With

I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.

I'm coming from a Ginuwine and Usher background: slow and smooth songs. And that's why I really connected to Sam Cooke, because he was just very smooth. It's not like the James Brown types, which is all great stuff, but he was totally set apart from those guys.

Ultimately, you're looking for a soulful experience when you listen to any form music.

No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.

It's hard to come across a true country fan in L.A., but it's true that the fans are so loyal, once you're in their circle, you're in for your entire career. It just really speaks to me. Country music has so much soul and is so heartfelt. I think it's a perfect fit for me.

I think the music that speaks to me the most is music that is personal. And that's the music that I'm trying to make.

One thing that is constantly on my iPod is India Arie - I like her a lot; I listen to her a lot. I think she is just a spectacular artist.

I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in.

Art is spiritual.

I'm a spiritual person.

I'm definitely a spiritual person.

I think being in the world of R&B creates a sense of home, and I think it's important to have that sense of home and spirituality within your music.

There's a way that white people and black people spoke in the '70s that is nothing like how they speak now. They spoke from a soul, actually. There's a singsongy way of walking and talking that's just different now.

I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.

We want to make something that moves us when we hear it. Because after all the hype and awards and whatever, that's all music is.