Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is.
When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s.
Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.
I listen to music constantly while writing.
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.
This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.
We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.
Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.
I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.
I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to.
It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song.
In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.