Miguel

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

— Miguel

“I cut a loaf of bread, and there wasn't any bread, Is this an omen?”

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

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

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

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

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

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Whats the point of revenge? The only thing that revenge accomplishes is more destruction and agony.

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

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

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All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him.…

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What makes your life different from the next n***a? There is something special about you, so let me help you bring out…

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

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

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I feel that as artists - whatever your medium is - I feel that we're watching what goes on around us and…

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I think the goal is in general to broaden my fans' perspectives and their horizons. Not to be cliché. But to introduce…

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I think the illest thing about Wiz Khalifa is how true to himself he's always been, and I miss that from artists.…

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Just as eunuchs will never know aesthetics as applied to the selection of beautiful women, so neither will pure rationalists ever know…

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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…

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I think that the best part of music is when it comes from a real place and has an ability to kind…

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PERSONAL IMPORTANCE or taking things personally, is an expression of SELFISHNESS because we make the assumption that everything is about ME!! NOTHING…

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If you're interested in any artist, go see them live. I always say that you should go see an artist live. That's…

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

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

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

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To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and…

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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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