"In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful."
"Just be true all the way through, and people can't do anything but respect you for it."
"The first album is the prelude to the full story of Luke James. It establishes me as an artist you can look forward to."
"What it is you do, no one else does. Just hone in on it, and just get better and greater."
"'Dancing in the Dark' is one track. Basically, the song is about connecting with someone mentally, and you're moved so much by the intellect that both of you want to make it physical."
"I wear my heart on my sleeve. I tell you exactly how I feel."
"'Wait a Minute,' which I consider my expose, came from a place of someone asking me to make a decision: basically presenting me with an ultimatum and me just feeling the need to just lay it out on the table."
"You have to stand on your beliefs."
"I can't ever doubt myself. Never."
"I'm always going forward, and there's no limits."
"Doubts may happen. But if you surround yourself with like-minded people who believe in you and who you believe in, and you have faith, all will be well."
"What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving."
"I want to create music that moves me, not just music that is going to get me famous or make someone at a label happy."
"I love to be loved. Whether it is by a significant other or an acquaintance, I get it."
"I think love is important."
"I like to think of myself as a true artist."
"My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer."
"As an only child, you've got to stand up for yourself."
"I like a person that's a little crazy and demanding, but I also like a woman that knows how to let me drive and then knows when to take the wheel. I may have a down day, and I need someone to be there for me as I would be there for them."
"Every time I perform or sing, I have an 'ah ha' moment. When I look at my blog and people reach out to me anonymously and speak of how I sing and how my music has touched them, it's an 'ah ha' moment. I'm constantly getting that, and I don't want that to ever stop, because it's reassuring me that I'm doing something right."
"There are lots of reasons people come to Beyonce shows. There's the music, her dancing; all in all a bedazzling show. She's a great performer and singer."
"Before any girl was making me her Man Crush Monday, I was a singer. Back before I had muscles, when I had a bird chest, I was a singer. I've always been like this, and I've gotten better because I've progressed."
"From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else."
"There's only one Luke James, and I make damn sure that you know that."
"It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly."
