Tory Gates - Page 3

'I've always felt more connected to my core, and who I am when I'm singing. I have the deepest connection to myself when I'm singing and it feels like an extension of my person.'

'Mother you raised me till the end of time you always be mine' When I sing the words, and you hear it you think the same thing I think.'

'...as Willie Dixon has said so many times, 'the blues are the roots, the rest of the music are the fruits.'

Watchers of The Voice will certainly recognize Chris Mann; his run through Season 2, not to mention the show-stopping duet of 'The Prayer' with Christina Aguilera is merely one facet of a professional who turns his vocal skill to projects with almost deceptive ease.

“If you ban music in Mali, or in the whole world, it's like cutting people's oxygen off. Because music is like oxygen for human beings.' -- Khaira

“I'd like to think I'm trying to keep that (blues) tradition going. Everything else came from it, whether that's blues or gospel. I'd like to see that reflecting everything I do and how I live, I think it's important to do that as a musician, and that's become more and more important to me, and more respectful when it comes to music.”

'When it comes to the songwriting process…it's like shedding my skin."

Behind the music of 'Call of Duty: Black Ops III' with Jack Wall & Cindy Shapiro

“Fill the space up with songs.”

“What is praised is one, so the praise is one too, many jugs being poured into a huge basin. All religions, all this singing, one song. “One Song,” Rumi

'Surf Spaghetti Western B-movie Soundtrack Music'

'The new story for us is you have to face your fears. You have to come down to the ground and look the enemy in the face; you have to overcome the odds.'

'Don't think that you're too good for people who just know you from the show. That's a thing that you've earned for yourself.'

'I want to write songs that are bluish purple with silver-gold shimmers.'

'There's been a noticeable disconnection between artist and audience…it's like you're sort of singing at them, rather than to them." I said, "Well, when we do this we'll make it really easy, we'll invite them in."

...there is musical professionalism amidst the madness.

'There are guys who get up on a stage and make an entire audience of strangers feel comfortable. You do that.'

'You really need to trust your gut and show them that you are who you are and always give 1000% to every project you do.'

"If nobody else listens, we listen to each other, we build each other up and we feel good when we leave. That's what music is to me - it's light setting light into motion.'

'It's (Liberation) just about doing anything you want to do in life, being yourself and freeing yourself...'