Kehlani Quotes

As far as R&B, I listen to a lot of old school like the Temptations and Chris Brown.

I like the old '90s music.

If it came down to it, I wish people heard different records from me that I know give you a soul R&B sound of music that I know is really my gift, gift. But the ones that usually go are the records that radio, the fans and the clubs really love the most.

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.

I have a couple of all-time favorites: Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff.

There are a lot of people, like myself, who love R&B and will always love R&B.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now.

I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?' That's what I like.

Sometimes you have to listen to a CD over and over before you really get it, but as soon as I heard the first note of R&B artist Chrisette Michele's debut CD, I was blown away. Her voice is playful but pretty, light but strong - the woman's got soul.

I don't use old music.

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face.

Years ago, I wanted to be like the girl Ne-Yo. You know, with the mid-tempo ballads - I come from the Babyface era. But that's not trendy; that's not hip-hop.

It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.

I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to.

Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.

Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music.

I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.

My musical taste is like a 16-year-old girl's when it comes to working out - Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus. I love it all!

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I really love the beats and everything.