Throwback Music Quotes

Lauryn Hill's always been a hero of mine. And Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae and Adele, those are the current artists I would reference in terms of who's been able to do really amazing pop records with really cool, organic throwback elements of soul in there as well.

I still listen to Ginuwine, man. I can still listen to Donell Jones.

When I was younger, I would listen to Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Aaliyah: lots of '90s R&B.

I love '90s and '00s R&B, and those songs go on for ever.

Monster Mash' is one of those great, throwback Halloween songs.

Oh man, the Vengaboys are my guilty pleasure.

As me being somebody that makes arguably nostalgic music, I cannot stand when somebody tries to make old music just to sound old.

I'm a '90s kid, so I went into the entire album process wanting to incorporate little touches of that sound from hip-hop and R&B. Just enough to where you hear it subtly and then go, 'This kind of reminds me of that time.'

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.

Who doesn't love classic Destiny's Child or Ace of Base? There's so much amazing music from that time period, so it makes sense that we're starting to hear that pop up in records.

I have a lot of friends who are in love the '90s. Girls, boys. '90s music? That's Tupac. That's Biggie. That's TLC. That's Aaliyah. I still listen to Aaliyah. I still listen to Tupac and Biggie. There's people who are really heavy on that culture.

Now that the 90's are over and more time has gone by, the 80's sound fresh again.

I'm a '90s kid. I can't wait until the day when more people start appreciating the '90s.