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Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft, and that was a style I wanted to take on. ”
I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk to the crowd, like, 'Come on, let's really connect here.' I don't think a lot of people understand it's a two-way exchange. Some people go to a show and are like, 'Yeah, you make me feel.' That's not how it works. ”
I feel a special connection to Haiti and the Haitian people. ”
In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people. ”
I think being raised by a single mother put me on the outside, and I would watch my mother's married friends and think, 'Why does she put him down in public?' or, 'Why is he so rude to her?' It seemed to me that there were very few marriages where the couple were genuinely in a supportive, loving partnership. ”
I have had big relationships. Three times in my life I have felt a special connection, but people talk about looking for love as if it's just like walking into a Starbucks and buying a coffee when you feel like it. It's rare, that special connection. ”
I find it so funny how people that don't write the music, and have no involvement in it, can make such huge decisions on behalf of artists. ”
The reason that Shaft has a dominant theme song is because James Bond has a dominant theme song. ”
Secret' is about intimacy between two people and the connection you have with someone that goes beyond words. ”
I encourage interoffice romance. ”