Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
I wanted to go to a place with my first album that was just to the root, to the heart of emotion, and just unbridled by anything that wasn't truly in my heart.
Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.
Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.
I'm really maturing into soul music. It's not my attempt or karaoke try. I feel like I really embody the music now that I am 36.
Songs, for me, are notes from the heart.
'Birugali Yondige' is a pathos song, but it sounds romantic.
I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic.
My music puts people in a dreamy mood. It's edgy. It's nuanced. I get annoyed when people say it's R&B because it's not that simple. I call it futuristic soul.
I seem to be drawn to the really romantic songs.
Music for us is a place of joy. Bringin' joy... that's what we are all about.
There's nothing better than lifting somebody's spirit with music.
The blues singers were talking about everyday life, and they pushed a button.
I want to make music to lift the people.
La India's voice is so powerful. It will give you life.
The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.
I love the sound of the saxophone. It became my singing voice, and it sounds so human. The saxophone could carry the words past the border of words. It can carry it a little bit farther.
Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't.
The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me.
Music is what makes you feel joyful and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's everything.
My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.
I want my music to be beautiful.
You have to feel that music. You just can't play it sterilely.
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
