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People don't expect me to make pop music.
People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.
People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.
That's what a lot of people know me as: they call it party music.
I just couldn't handle people coming on to me with motives other than music.
For me, music, in the truest sense of the word, is about making people happy.
I want people to say about me, 'I know he's making music because he loves it.'
People see me as a theoretician, but my music is also seductive, even spiritual.
I have people telling me what I can and can't do, what music I can and can't make.
When people meet me, they say that I'm really kind - contrary to a lot of my music.
People say to me now, 'Oh, you've given up the piano.' How can you? Music is a virus.
My music is just me, something people are gonna turn up to; the girls are gonna dance.
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.
With my songs and music, it's a way of sharing things with people that really have to do with me.
I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.
It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.
For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.
The music I listen, the book I read, and the people I meet; these are some things that keeps me going.
My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically?
It's really deep to me. Although it seems to many people that I'm making silly music, I'm really serious.
People who do music do it because it is all they can do. And that's me, I suppose. I can do nothing else.
I feel everything very strongly, and I find that when I sing through music, it helps me connect to people.
People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music.
The thing that's been most important to me is being interactive with people that are listening to my music.
I make all types of music. People wanna put me in a little box, and they get mad when I don't stay in there.
The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
It's crazy. Even doing that one episode of 'Catfish,' I get people recognizing me for it who didn't even know my music.
I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'
I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.
I'm all about showing people what I can really do in country music. Give me a mic and let me perform, and I'll prove it to you.
There's no real music on television unless it's music television, and then it's expensive videos, which people like me can't do.
When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.'
For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.
The reason I connected with music was because of the stories that people were telling and making me feel when I listened to a song.
I do not knock 'Poppins' or 'The Sound of Music.' They gave me pleasure, and I know they've given a lot of people enormous pleasure.
It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.
To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.
When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.
Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.
To stand out, I just use my talents. I rap, and I sing as well. With that being said, people kind of know me for bringing that emotion in music.
It's whatever - people like me and Dre are music people, so we're beyond just hip-hop. We're purists. Not everybody who makes beats is a purist.
My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.