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"There are a couple of homeopathic things that can be done, but you can't really beat good rest and lots of water. That's the honest truth. Making sure I'm well-rested and hydrated makes a big difference. Warm water and honey is a go-to, I don't really drink tea unless it's absolutely organic, because otherwise the caffeine will dry my voice out for some reason."
"I think the goal is in general to broaden my fans' perspectives and their horizons. Not to be cliché. But to introduce them to things that they may not have introduced to themselves."
"Most people know my music based on the singles, and think of it as scandalously romantic. There's definitely a romantic vibe, but I often sing things that are very direct. I don't beat around the bush much."
"The whole cultural diversity and musical diversity, I think they almost go hand in hand, you know? It's like a mind space or a it's having an open mind to what else is out there."
"I think I'll always make music that sounds different from what is current, but I doubt that it'll sound consistently the same as what I've been doing."
"I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India."
"There's just something really, really timeless about live instruments. There's just something special about them that you can't really duplicate or grasp without including live instruments."
"I'm a big advocate of music being an honest representation of who you are as a person and your perspective."
"All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him. He was considered too sexual!"
"I'm not here to write a song for you, I'm here to help you write a song for yourself."
"That is why every brother and sister will react differently according to how they learn to defend themselves and adapt to different circumstances. When our parents are constantly fighting, when there is disharmony, disrespect, and lies, we learn the emotional way of being like them."
"I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords."
"I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude."
"When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?"
"I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language."
"I associate creativity with independent music."
"I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world."
"I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself."
"Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable."
"'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet."