Fantastic Negrito Quotes

I play piano and guitar and I do write my own stuff so to a certain extent I know what I want to do in regards to music. But I'm still finding out what kind of music is my favourite kind to listen to, never mind do myself so I've got a lot of time to find out myself and develop myself as an artist.

It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music.

People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But what I took into Depeche was that punk ethic, that you don't have to be accomplished to be a musician. If you've got ideas, you can do this.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

In a way, I created Utopia as a platform for me to become more of a guitar player and less of the kind of balladeer that people were taking me for.

The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.

In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel pretty good sitting on a reggae groove as well.

It never gets boring for me because there's so many different things to explore in the studio. The studio's become the sanctuary that people have come in and found new things out about themselves, as weird as that sounds. But it's true, I'm no different. I've made some crazy hard records, and I've made a jazz album.

It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded.

When I started writing, I just wanted to do something different and creative. I first thought neo-soul was a good pathway for me, so I tried that out but realized I didn't want to be placed in that box.

My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am.

When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.

And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

Being with Prince and the New Power Generation, I was very influenced by those sounds, and now I'm more than ready to show that side of me with confidence.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.

Everyone has their own journey, and for me, going from singing background to writing songs has truly opened doors for me and has also helped me find myself as an artist in terms of what I want to say and the style of music I want to have.

I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.