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" Being an only child, you just have a lot of time on your hands, figuring things out. Just doing music, man - music just came to me. "

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" Marvin Gaye, I'm super influenced by him. D'Angelo, Donny Hathaway. All the old school cats. New people, I like M83. I like Coldplay. I love Frank Ocean. Miguel. I get inspired by all these cats. People don't know that me and Frank Ocean went to high school together. "

" I love acting. It's way different from singing, but I like really put my ten thousand hours in to be really good. I want to be a premier actor. I want Oscars, I want recognition, and I want to move people just as much as I move people with my music, the same with my acting. "

" When I first got turned on to 'Purple Rain,' I was just moved by Prince's charisma and his just being free. Everything meant something, from the scream to falling on the ground to taking his shirt off. It just all meant something. "

" In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful. "

" From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else. "

" There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that. "

" My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer. "

" People sometimes call me Wolf. "

" I was always attracted to music that moved people. Whether it be gospel, R&B, folk, hip-hop, pop, alternative rock - whatever moved people, whatever made a crowd just get lost in the moment. "

" I'd love to jump in a spaceship and shoot myself to the moon, where I'll paint the word 'Love.' So when people step outside before they go to bed and look up to see it, they'll just dream of love. "

" I love a very alluring woman. I love a strong woman. I love a woman that wanders, that just wants to explore. "

" I want to create music that moves me, not just music that is going to get me famous or make someone at a label happy. "

" It never dawned on me that I was sexy. I always thought of myself as the goofy kid. "

" 'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical. "

" When I think of the great artists that I admire, they always had something, whether it be their hair, rings, or whatever. "

" Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed. "

" I like to be funny and make a girl laugh. "

" I wear my heart on my sleeve. I tell you exactly how I feel. "

" I can't ever doubt myself. Never. "

" 'Wait a Minute,' which I consider my expose, came from a place of someone asking me to make a decision: basically presenting me with an ultimatum and me just feeling the need to just lay it out on the table. "

" Doubts may happen. But if you surround yourself with like-minded people who believe in you and who you believe in, and you have faith, all will be well. "

Surround Yourself

" You have to stand on your beliefs. "

" I want people to be inspired by my music. "

" I like a person that's a little crazy and demanding, but I also like a woman that knows how to let me drive and then knows when to take the wheel. I may have a down day, and I need someone to be there for me as I would be there for them. "

" Every time I perform or sing, I have an 'ah ha' moment. When I look at my blog and people reach out to me anonymously and speak of how I sing and how my music has touched them, it's an 'ah ha' moment. I'm constantly getting that, and I don't want that to ever stop, because it's reassuring me that I'm doing something right. "

" I originally started playing saxophone. I started singing a little bit when I got into middle school, when I realized girls didn't really date the dude with the saxophone. "

" 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. "

" What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving. "

" I like to have a great vibe wherever I am creating. I like to have movies playing on mute - just eye candy - maybe a friend in the room, maybe a lovely young lady, someone you can use as a muse, who can give you inspiration by her essence. "

" I like to think of myself as a true artist. "