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" When somebody notices me in the slightest, I can feel the eyes - boom-boom - as soon as they pass. "

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" I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own songs and discovering how to tell my own story properly. "

" People sometimes call me Wolf. "

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

" 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. "

" If you really want change, no one else is going to make that for you. It's all mental at first. Once you overcome that mental part, your body can do anything. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 always find time for my mother. "

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

" 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. "

" I was raised on Marvin Gaye. Before I knew Babyface or anyone else, I knew Marvin Gaye. My mother played Marvin Gaye. "

" You have to stand on your beliefs. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Bey is a big sister; she's a huge supporter. I mean, the whole Destiny's Child family - Kelly and Michelle - they've always been great supporters of mine in all my endeavors. "

" Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it. "

" I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in New Orleans. "

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

" I consider myself an honest soul. "

" 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. "

" I didn't get cool until I got to high school and people found out I could sing. "

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

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

" It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly. "

" '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. "

" Musically, my palette is eclectic. "

" It's very tough to be away from someone you love or you're used to seeing all the time. But if you're truly in love, it will work. But it is difficult. "