Miguel Music Quotations

I associate creativity with independent music.

'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

I think that the best part of music is when it comes from a real place and has an ability to kind of connect on a much larger scale. It no longer is a personal thing, it becomes everyone else's thing as well.

Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is, I was ready to be completely vulnerable and honest with myself and unapologetic when it comes to how I express myself in my medium. But I wasn't as secure in doing that when it came to just being myself.

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.

I think there's always been progressive R&B music.

I'm really excited to put music out that is a clear projection of my lifestyle.