Goat screaming videos are hilarious.

I always had a fascination with music.

I associate creativity with independent music.

I embrace that I'm different. That I'm unique.

I'm a nice guy, but I like to get into trouble.

I think there's always been progressive R&B music.

You only know that you’re in love when you suffer.

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

I want everyone to express themselves in a unique way.

My sound is definitely what I like to call 'e-clectric.'

I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.

I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve.

Twitter is definitely not the place to handle business per se.

A lot of people forget that R&B put hip-hop on, R&B put rock on.

You can't take yourself too seriously. But always have conviction.

I want to be transparent, so I don't leave room for too much thinking.

I think your conversations are indicative of your tastes - even your diction.

I'm really excited to put music out that is a clear projection of my lifestyle.

One of the most telling things about a person is how they say hello, handshakes.

I'm not here to write a song for you, I'm here to help you write a song for yourself.

I have this propensity to just come out and say things. That's how I am in real life.

Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable.

I've honestly never worked with Beyonce. It would be awesome, though; I would love that.

I'm lonely and I'm still kind of searching for someone I can have a real connection with.

Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.

I just think that Jack White is the consummate artist - an artist's artist. I'm a huge fan.

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork.

At the end of the day, as a grown man, I don't really care what the sexuality of the next man is.

I have learned that you're only relevant to someone if you're beneficial to them somehow/some way

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.

There is no recollection which time does not put an end to, and no pain which death does not remove.

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

It doesn’t matter how much you love someone, you are never going to be what that person wants you to be.

I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.

I'm a big advocate of music being an honest representation of who you are as a person and your perspective.

Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.

I think my style as far as vocal delivery and even down to the pronunciation of certain words is so deliberate.

'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side. I start off kind of in love and then I leave love and I'm single.

I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.

Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes.

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.

Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country.

I feel like when you are really appreciative, it makes it easier to have a better outlook and perspective of life in general.

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.

There's a lot of stuff in the club that's like, it's cool there because you're drinking and all you wanna do is do ignorant sh*t.

I've always had this tremendous and very deep feeling of knowing my purpose, you know? It never dawned on me, it always very much known.

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