Miguel

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

— Miguel

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

— Miguel

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

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

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

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

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

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When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making…

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

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I think I'll always make music that sounds different from what is current, but I doubt that it'll sound consistently the same…

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

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

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I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting…

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

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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 believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience.…

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Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is,…

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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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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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What I will say is that Naz and I are not together just because we like to hang out. The purpose is…

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

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

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

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

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

— Miguel