I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

I'm still Elliott Yamin. I'm still the funky white Jewish boy from Richmond, Va.

When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.

There's no such things as survival of the fittest. Survival of the most adequate, maybe. It doesn't matter whether a solution's optimal. All that matters is whether it beats the alternative.

I exaggerateThere is a lie in my truthLook! My soul is blue

We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.

You agree - I'm sure you agree that beauty is the only thing worth living for.

Mind share before market share.

We can't cure a shortage by increasing the supply.

If all your peers understand what you've done, it's not creative.

I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.