The world I was born into was one filled with music.
Bells are musics laughter.
Life without music would be a mistake.
If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
I'm just trying to make music everybody can get happy to and vibe to and turn up to. So long as I keep making good music, everything's going to be OK.
If you are already happy, music heightens your joy.
The thing I always found about the gospel music was that it reached further into your being if you like, your mind. It takes hold of you - especially if you sing it and play it.
The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
I've wanted to do a Christmas song for years but thought every lyric and melody had been written.
Whether it's Memorial Day or any other holiday, music has the power to set any mood and build long-lasting memories.
When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.
People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is going right now.
As I grew up, a lot of the music was made to uplift the spirit.
My mother was into church so she listens to gospel music. I like the way gospel is composed... the great vocalist chord and the way they make you feel.
I've noticed that things aren't bad all the time. So I've tried to write songs that people will want to hear when they're getting off work rather than something that's going to bring them down.
I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.
The laughter of girls is, and ever was, among the delightful sounds of earth.
What always draws me back to the Caribbean vibes are the upbeat vibrations of welcoming melodies and positive energy exchange through the rhythms that make you feel like dancing with someone.
The entertainment industry can feel so serious. But at the end of the day, it's music and it's supposed to be positive and make people feel good.
We play happy music, and we make people happy. That's why they like us.
The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows.
For me, music, in the truest sense of the word, is about making people happy.
I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.
Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be too bad if such beauty and brilliance exists in the world.
