Harvey Mason Jr. Quotes

Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.

In terms of the production, the style I use is what I see as the 'Lisa Stansfield sound' and I would hope that when anyone puts on one of my songs they don't even have to listen to my voice to know this is a Lisa Stansfield song, because of the way it sounds.

I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.

I would say our sound is soul pop.

I used to go to soul nights because I loved dancing, and so did my friends, and we loved the music. We used to go listen to black American soul.

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

It's like James Brown used to say... I don't know, but whatever I play it's got to be funky.

Barry White seemed so filled with self-parody at first that it was easy to dismiss him. But it is becoming increasingly obvious with every additional release that he is a very talented man.

I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person.

I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.

I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.

We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at a party, and it gets people tapping their feet, then it's in.

The TLC sound! That's what's so awesome - we have our own sound.

I have a sound. It's called 'funk mixed with stank.' That's what I do.

My genre is the pop ballad with a touch of R&B.

I'm in R&B/Soul, and I feel like all my music is R&B driven. Even some of the songs that are more rap have an R&B feel, so I'm with that.

As much as a lot of my music is very R&B, there's a bounce to it that obviously makes it easier to perform live. It's upbeat and uptempo.

Coming from an R&B background, I was like, 'I'm gonna make slow jams.'

The best music to dance to is my music! Haha! I say anything that speaks to you. I personally enjoy dancing to hip-hop, R&B music, EDM/trap music.

I want to do a darker, pop soul kind of feel.

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

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

R&B touches your heart.

I think that there is such power with the live performance of it - so much of what 'Motown' is about is the live performance aspect, really. The power of our production is really the music and the performances.

Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'