Kevin Olusola Quotes

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

For me, the one thing I've got going for me in terms of my attributes as a musician is vision.

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

I was always good at hearing complete arrangements in my head.

R. Kelly is different - music is always going through his brain. I remember we'd be having a conversation, and he'd choose a word I said and write a whole song to it.

I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

I've dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

I am a Slavic musician and it is deeply inside of me.

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

I have no clue as to where my interest and love for music came from. In fact, I have never learnt any music either, though I wish that I could just close my eyes and play the piano - that is my most cherished desire.

Music has always been in me.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

Composers are very individual creatures.

As a kid, I could just pick up melody and harmony instinctively, and that's why I can play lots of instruments.

I was born understanding the language of music.

I knew I loved music, and I knew that I could feel music. So, I knew I had rhythm.

I kind of always thought that I had a good ear for melodies. I think in terms of melody. I can just be walking and I'll hear a melody.

Music was sort of my thing at first.

I love being a drummer but I love being a musician in general and I love the Foo fighters.

My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back.

Music is in my DNA!