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I'm never satisfied with what I do.
It feels really great to be popular.
Everything I have now is so real, so vivid.
I am just a guy that watches sports all day.
I don't care how small the game. I want to win.
I grew up in a time where anything was possible.
I just want to be as creative as I possibly can.
Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.
I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.
I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
There's no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.
It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new.
I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.
Know the business; you need to know the business side of things.
I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.
When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.
I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.
People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.
I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.
I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day.
I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics.
My fans are the best in the world! They've grown up with me and stayed with me through this entire journey.
Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.
I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.
It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.
He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.
I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.
I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say "Oh yeah he has a good song!" I'd be happy with that.
There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.
It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that's very inspiring.
I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen; I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.
When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.
The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.
I'm the fifth generation of Seventh Day Adventists and the youngest of four brothers. When I was still very small, we formed a gospel quartet.
I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.
You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized.
For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.
Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don't use my work to further the tools.
I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15.
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed I had style and I didn't need to be flashy.
I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.
I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.
I've worked with jazz artists, country artists, classical artists, pop artists. I never wanted there to be categories, because when I was a kid there weren't.
I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.