“I work out several days a week at the gym to be able to exist and move...” — Philip Bailey Quote

I work out several days a week at the gym to be able to exist and move properly.

My solo albums have given me confidence in myself and a broader understanding of what I had to offer.

Because of my register, Miles Davis' trumpet playing has always been a big influence on my singing. I've always been intrigued by the way he can start anywhere and make it right.

That's one thing I loved about coming up when we came up. When you had groups like Mandrill and Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly Stone, and on and on and on, the Brothers Johnson, whatever. Everybody, Ohio Players. Groups wanted to be just themselves.

I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn't raised properly.

If you ask anybody that knows me properly, they know that I give myself fully.

I look for what responsibility the character has in telling the story. If you remove the role from the story, can you still tell the story properly? And if the answer is no, then I'm interested.

When a person is dispossessed of his land, there is a reaction and you have to deal with the reaction properly. You just can't deal with the reaction by giving him money.

I feel like if I've written a song about something I haven't experienced, I wouldn't be able to perform it properly, and people would be able to see that. People can see right through that.