“I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, ...” — Luke James Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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 think love is important.”

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

“I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.”

“In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.”

“He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.”

“The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.”

“Blues and jazz are such a root to music.”

“I have never been in a band. But in my grand day of cabaret at Les Deux Cafes, I was doing this poetry of 'King Kong Blues' with Bobby Woods and whoever was passing by.”