Quotes About Soulful

The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.

Otis Redding was the ultimate 60s soul singer. We only get an indication of what he might have become, but he had the best soul pipes a lad could wish for.

I am ever thankful to my fans for making me who I am today. I feel I have a real commitment to them-the responsibility to make music with soul, warmth and a bit of wisdom.

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water

You may have gathered that I am not the most cheerful of revellers - some characterise me as the death and soullessness of any party but it wasn't always so, believe me.

House music is like going to church - it touches you. There's something really magical about it that pulls you in, and you just want to keep learning more about it.

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.

The notes danced through the June air; Vivi could feel them dust her hair and shoulders. She could feel the notes enter her and settle deep into her bones.

The moment ached, as if music were being played somewhere on an instrument whose strings had some connexion with her heart.

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.

Sam Turton is the true embodiment of the responsible artist. The honesty and integrity of the man comes out with every soulful note he sings.

Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music man. It's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Singing, it's like it's like loving somebody, it's a supreme emotional and physical experience.

The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.

Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.