PJ Morton Quotes
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The same fight Aretha (Franklin) was fighting was the fight I was fighting and the same fight that Sam Cooke fought 40 years before me was still going on, so I said I think it’s time to properly address this.
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It’s counterproductive to be negative. I know it’s heavy times; I know it’s rough, but we’re going to be OK. It’s been worse actually … we’ve been here before and actually came out victorious, so I just have to believe that we will again.
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I feel like I’ve had nine lives.
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I don’t know from one album or one song to the next what I want to say, it’s what I feel at the time is necessary to say. I just want to be who I am in the moment and continue to evolve and be fluid.
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It helped me understand music and to understand people and performing, it was all positive for me and set me up for where I am now.
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I was always open to whatever made me feel something, which allowed me to branch off to these other genres comfortably because it was genuinely who I was.
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I definitely think there's a positive to the world being shaken up right now. Things generally have to get worse before they get better.
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Anything prior to Gumbo I was always talking about love and relationships, but I felt a pull. I need to address this and let people know that they’re not alone in these thoughts.
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Stop focusing on Trump so much and focus on your government. Make sure you elect the people that you want in your neighborhoods, in your cities, in your state.
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I wanted to grow as a songwriter and talk about more things … about where we are in the world today, the tension, how divided we are as a country. It kind of felt like I was dumping a bunch of subject matter together and I made it in New Orleans so it sounded like Gumbo to me.
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God is love … why limit music to one genre that’s supposed to represent him.
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We just kind of vibed out and I think it was more about a personal connection. We connected on a different level.