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I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.
I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.
There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith.
I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.
I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts.
I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.
If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers.
My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.
I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself.
I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.
You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.
I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.
I don't play the tuba.
Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.
Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.
My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.
The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again.
A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.
Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture.
I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you.
When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.
Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.
I'm more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that have been out for a long period of time. They get kind of fat.
I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.
The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist.
God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me.
Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore.
I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. It's like, What is he doing?
If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.