Every morning that you wake up you really do have the power, the opportunity, to start your life again.
If you can easily describe and categorize yourself…
If you can easily describe and categorize yourself, you’re probably adhering to others’ opinions of who and what you should be.
Pace yourself
I always tell myself don’t go out there and go crazy, save your energy, pace yourself. And I’m just like waaaaaaah
Kristin C., on what it was like to work with Idina
Heaven! She’s an amazing, amazing singer…I really miss her because we had such great chemistry on stage and I think that’s very hard to replicate in that show.
Taye: I’ve never had more respect for…
I’ve never had more respect for my wife. Motherhood suits her. I’m in a constant place of amazement and respect because every day my son is doing something new and exciting, and every day Idina continues to impress me.
It’s okay to to be who you are…
It’s okay to to be who you are, and it’s okay to be figuring it out.
I’ve been singing since I was born…
I’ve been singing since I was born. It’s something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don’t need any impetus to do it. I just sing.
My mom sends me these Hallmark cards…
My mom sends me these Hallmark cards and she writes in them, ‘Honey, don’t worry. Itís all going to work out okay. Your voice makes people’s hearts soar on eagles’ wings.’ She just wrote me one like two weeks ago. Iím not even kidding. I thought, oh my God, Mom is right. I, I am, I am special. People are standing up, no body ever gets a standing ovation during dinner. Iím going to be somebody!
We have this strength inside of us and…
We have this strength inside of us and yet we are taught to always sort of keep it down. I sort of found in my life that I’ve taken a step back and made myself smaller in order to try to fit in. And that hasn’t worked. And we have to learn to kind of embrace what makes us unique, and embrace our strength and then if people don’t like it, fuck it.
I try to be very autobiographical in my writing…
I try to be very autobiographical in my writing. I find that I get the best response to my music when I’ve been specific about my own life. If I try to skirt around issues and get too poetic, it gets too abstract and people can’t relate. I try to be truthful about my life. I don’t feel that I’m necessarily some incredibly profound songwriter, but I do have a voice that can be powerful and can make people feel something. I am not trying to impress people with esoteric language and ideas, I want to relate to them and their humanity and speak to someplace inside them. I struggle with my own spirituality in my life. I question my own beliefs and that comes across lyrically. I also sing about my personality flaws such as being an unopinionated person or a waiverer.