Daya Quotes

My favorite type of music to sing would be between R and B and opera.

From the beginning, I've always had a knack for catchy melodies. But I went through a period when I was trying to be rock n' roll and have a rock n' roll attitude. I was fighting my nature by trying to play really hard and sing really hard. But at a certain point, I realized that I loved syrupy pop music with tons of harmony.

My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.

I'm not exclusively into R&B. I like Usher.

I am a pop and R&B singer. I'm not necessarily an Indian singer or musician. I sing in English, and the music I do blends hip hop, pop, R&B, and soul.

For a long time I wasn't actually listening to pop. But when I got back into electronic and hip-hop stuff, I rediscovered my passion for pop music.

The only thing is, with me - this may sound weird - there are a lot of R&B singers from that era that I actually don't know. Like, I never grew up on Boyz II Men.

If I do something related to English music, it will be definitely in the direction of R&B and pop.

I sing and write a lot of pop, R&B.

I'm just real in-tune with music - I really listen to R&B more than I listen to rap.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

Radio is being dominated by records that are 120 beats per minute. R&B is about groove and soul.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

I love Soul, R+B, Electronic, and good pop. Really, the only thing I don't listen to is country and heavy metal. I love Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Al Green, Fat Freddys Drop, Sade, Grace Jones, Bazoo Bijou, Prince, John Lennon, London Grammar, Daft Punk, Dr John, Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Gotye, and on it goes.

There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate it.

I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies.

I'm not trying to be a pop singer.

Ever since I released my first album, I've tried not to use minor chords as the main element in songs. The way I sing is too melancholic.

I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.

I'm not just a chick singer who sings high all the time.

I was in about in the 8th grade when I started recording R&B, so much of what was on was the Motown sound, and The Beatles had pretty much come over and taken America by storm.

My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.

R&B is my home. It's who I am. It's who I've been. It's the first genre I fell in love with. It's the reason why I've been able to do other genres of music.

From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.

I have a taste for a lot of different kinds of music... everything, from hip-hop to jazz to R&B to top 40 to alternative. There's a lot of good music out there. Every now and then, I'll flip through VH1 and watch the videos... the only thing I really don't listen to is country.