Soulful Instrumentation Quotes

Alternative R&B is in my soul. It's not going anywhere.

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

I love the Memphis sound. When I was 16-and-a-half, with my driver's permit, I was playing New Jersey clubs in a 10-piece band; we had a horn section and would play great, great songs like 'Hold On! I'm Comin'' and 'Knock on Wood' and 'Midnight Hour.'

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

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

I don't know how convincing I'd be as a soul cat. I'm a scrawny British kid.

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

Neo-soul caught my attention more than any other sub-genre. I was really attracted by that sound. It made me do what I do musically: trying to find the same type of vibes, those nostalgic vibes.

For those who are familiar with my work, 'Soulfire' is a return to how most people identify me, which is that soul-meets-rock thing.

Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically.

I would say our sound is soul pop.