Gregory Porter Quotes

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.

As long as you continue to have new songs, there's usually some new topic or something to present.

If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

You have to connect with a song, and when you write it, that connection is already there. It's your baby; your passion is in that song.

I remember when I did 'Live SheckWes, Die SheckWes,' and when I did 'Mo Bamba,' I one-taked those because it came from my heart.

Music is something that's so powerful and means so much to me.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'