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I think love is important.
People sometimes call me Wolf.
I can't ever doubt myself. Never.
Musically, my palette is eclectic.
You have to stand on your beliefs.
I like to think of myself as a true artist.
I just appreciate all the facets of a woman.
I'm always going forward, and there's no limits.
I want people to know me for following my dreams.
As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself.
I wear my heart on my sleeve. I tell you exactly how I feel.
Mostly everything I've ever sung comes from a personal place.
I'm from New Orleans, but I lived in L.A. for a very long time.
There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that.
New Orleans is gumbo. You get so man types of things... jazz, folk, Zydeco.
It never dawned on me that I was sexy. I always thought of myself as the goofy kid.
Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it.
I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it.
What it is you do, no one else does. Just hone in on it, and just get better and greater.
I want to buy my mother a huge house in New Orleans so she can open up a bed and breakfast.
When somebody notices me in the slightest, I can feel the eyes - boom-boom - as soon as they pass.
From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else.
In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful.
I love a very alluring woman. I love a strong woman. I love a woman that wanders, that just wants to explore.
I was raised on Marvin Gaye. Before I knew Babyface or anyone else, I knew Marvin Gaye. My mother played Marvin Gaye.
I want to create music that moves me, not just music that is going to get me famous or make someone at a label happy.
The first album is the prelude to the full story of Luke James. It establishes me as an artist you can look forward to.
When I think of the great artists that I admire, they always had something, whether it be their hair, rings, or whatever.
My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer.
Being an only child, you just have a lot of time on your hands, figuring things out. Just doing music, man - music just came to me.
I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in New Orleans.
Doubts may happen. But if you surround yourself with like-minded people who believe in you and who you believe in, and you have faith, all will be well.
There are lots of reasons people come to Beyonce shows. There's the music, her dancing; all in all a bedazzling show. She's a great performer and singer.
If you really want change, no one else is going to make that for you. It's all mental at first. Once you overcome that mental part, your body can do anything.
If you're truly serious about your physique and health, in totality, I think you need to pull out all stops. You need to really just hone in on that warrior within.
I'm willing to go wherever with this because music is everything to me. This is my world and how I see it. My music speaks for me in a way that's relatable and truthful.
I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own songs and discovering how to tell my own story properly.
I originally started playing saxophone. I started singing a little bit when I got into middle school, when I realized girls didn't really date the dude with the saxophone.
It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly.
Bey is a big sister; she's a huge supporter. I mean, the whole Destiny's Child family - Kelly and Michelle - they've always been great supporters of mine in all my endeavors.
My idea is not to be big. I just want to be really lean and shredded as I possibly can get - a lot of cardio, light weight, and a lot of my own weight to build up my endurance.
I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.
'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical.
I was always attracted to music that moved people. Whether it be gospel, R&B, folk, hip-hop, pop, alternative rock - whatever moved people, whatever made a crowd just get lost in the moment.
I'd love to jump in a spaceship and shoot myself to the moon, where I'll paint the word 'Love.' So when people step outside before they go to bed and look up to see it, they'll just dream of love.
'Wait a Minute,' which I consider my expose, came from a place of someone asking me to make a decision: basically presenting me with an ultimatum and me just feeling the need to just lay it out on the table.
Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed.
What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving.
New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of things. My mother didn't keep me away from other music. She only kept me away from rap. The closest I got to rap was D'Angelo.
When I first got turned on to 'Purple Rain,' I was just moved by Prince's charisma and his just being free. Everything meant something, from the scream to falling on the ground to taking his shirt off. It just all meant something.