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" Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start. "

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" To write a good song, an artist has to drawn from reality. There has to be some spark from realism that communicates a real feeling to someone else. You have to be real. Or you have to be a really good storyteller. "

" If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens. "

" I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses. "

" The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city. "

" Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990. "

" The younger generation gives me more respect than I could ever hope for. "

" I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelphia. I grew up basically in a black neighborhood. "

" I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around. "

" Obscurity is just obscurity. There's no romance in obscurity. "

" Success and failure are equally surprising. "

" I'm very enthused about everything. I have a lot to say and a lot of things I'm interested in. "

" Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things. "

" When you're playing in front of people, everything is external. It's all going from you out to an audience. When you're in a studio, it's very internalised, it's going from the air through you into this meticulously crafted, layered piece of work. "

" I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations. "

" This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible. "

" Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood. "

" I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it. "

" Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins. "

" Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters. "

" Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one. "

" I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu! "

" I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively. "

" I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region. "