Van Hunt

I know the music I hear and what I want. But sometimes I have to let that go and not try to…

— Van Hunt

People associate me with Al Green and Curtis Mayfield, but these aren't people that I listened to growing up. I got into…

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I'm not going to try to sell soul to the hip-hop generation unless I got some money behind me.

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To try and learn how to be a singer, a really good guitar player, a really good pianist, it's always lagged a…

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Most artists say that they want to make the ultimate statement. I certainly do, but I don't mind people seeing all of…

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I don't know very many people who don't yearn to be accepted, maybe except for myself. I'm in a business where I…

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I don't have a family that grew up singing and playing all the time. I didn't really have anything to judge my…

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I love Walter Mosley and Robert Parker crime novels. And I read a lot of music reviews.

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The first two major label records I did what I wanted to do. It wasn't a problem until after I finished my…

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I call myself a creationist. I'm sure some people will tell you that you need resistance, melodrama. I don't really need anything,…

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Sometimes when you sign to label as a black artist, they expect you to have a certain appeal. It's like they think…

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I read a lot of astronomy magazines, and go to a lot of astronomy sites, and physics sites. I love reading about…

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Good, well-defined, well-honed art is not a foreign language. You can sell it to people. You just have to move your ego…

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I always knew I was an artist, and even more importantly, a star.

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It's the most courageous and it's the kindest thing that you can do for someone - be honest with them.

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I can't even think of a greater success than materializing your own thoughts and to just see how people react to them.

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The quantum world is still very mysterious, still seemingly very powerful, and I'm definitely attracted to the mysterious and the unknown and…

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I write songs with melodies, which have sold for decades.

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I think I'm a punk rocker at heart. I just love the aggression in that music.

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I love Bach cello suites, I love punk music, I love old blues, negro spiritual quartets, Muddy Waters' 'You Need Love.' There…

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To articulate the ideas in your head, you need formal education, so you study music theory to do that. And that's the…

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I was about 14 and I was having a lot of problems with my mom at home, and she really wanted me…

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The foundation for me is the songwriting and the craft. All I want is for people to hear the music. Just put…

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I sit down and I write and I make sure that it follows the code of Songwriting Craft 101.

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I read a lot of the battle that goes on between the ufologists, you know, the ones who think that UFOs are…

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