This is the last sentence of my dissertation: "What is soul in music if not powerfully embodied human presence?" — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Blues, rock, and soul are part of the music I make, but there are Indian influences, too. — Shruti Haasan Copy Share Image
Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost. — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
The biggest inspiration I had was to take norteno soul music and fuse it with Mexican music. It was my great big… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I listen to anything that has groove and soul but most of the music that I like is by people who are… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
I love singing. It makes me feel good. It's like a release, especially when I'm singing soul music. — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done. — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I… — Tony Blackburn Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can't blame the computer. If there's… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I started with soul music and icons like Aretha Franklin and Etta James and then moved to R&B and artists such as… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul… — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
I'm sort of a traditionalist usually. I love old soul music and The Beatles; I realized I was sort of trying to… — Eric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
When I was in London I found house music and techno, and I love that s - t. It's my go-to music.… — Erik Hassle Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's because I grew up in Beverly or my friends, but I listened to a lot of alternative… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
On my block, we grew up like family. Summer times, man, psshh, we in the back in the alley or in the… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I started playing violin because I was fascinated by how violin players could play so fast. I would buy their cassettes, and… — Toby Lightman Copy Share Image
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm really accomplishing something with harmony and melody. Ultimately, again, I'm not a singer, some people can sing with… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
I call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul. Soul is at home… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music… — D'wayne Wiggins Copy Share Image
Music is a part of someone's soul. Music is a feeling for me. And if that soul is evil, then I don't… — Yungblud Copy Share Image
For me, soul music is about love, and its that kind of warmth that I want to bring back to the music. — T-Pain Copy Share Image
I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is. — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul.… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I'm from the punk generation, but I make romantic, soft soul music. I like the bizarre disconnect of that but, clearly, some… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
“People born to a society without the smile culture all their lives will be unhappy!” — Viorel Muha Copy Share Image
Really, what I'm trying to do is make soul music, but I don't even think of it as a genre. It's more… — Kaytranada Copy Share Image
There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. — John Mayer Copy Share Image
For a long time, soul music was maybe one of my favorite kinds of music. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Soul music is pain - you can hear the slaves, the beatin' and the hurtin'. — Link Wray Copy Share Image
I consider what I do soul music. It's music that is concerned with the soul. — Lecrae Copy Share Image
Is hip hop, just a euphemism for a new religion the soul music for the slaves that the youth is missing. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I always like to serve the people some good soul music, and Christmas was just the cherry on top. — V. Bozeman Copy Share Image
You can blame it on my soul but the music be compelling it. To do the type of shit to make you… — Twiztid Copy Share Image
