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I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth When I get high anxiety, I vomit. My mom was so stressed out. Then I found out I was staying in John Mayer’s old dorm room, and I had a nice roommate. That completely brought me down. I was completely comfortable at Berklee.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth One of my goals is to find an unsigned YouTube artist and feature them on my album. That’s what I wished someone would’ve done for me.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth I started making remixes for every specific girl I wanted to date. That’s how I learned how to use Pro Tools, and then I started making my own music.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth I’ve always made weird sounds with my mouth. I’ve always been fascinated by the sound design, what you can do with your mouth. I was the kid dancing around in third grade on the basketball court. While everyone would be playing sports, I would be jumping around.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth It’s crazy because I have a scar on my right eyebrow, but people who don’t know me very well think that I just intentionally shave that part of it.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth I started piano when I was four. My mom taught me. And then I went to Manhattan School of Music during high school, like every Saturday. And then I went to Berklee for college, in Boston.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth When Marvin Gaye made his music, he evoked this feeling that would reach everybody.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth I’ve always weaseled my way into Grammy parties to network and everything, but now I have a legitimate reason to be there – it’s so cool.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth The scar on my eye is a result of the doctor’s sewing up my face. It was 450 stitches and plastic surgery.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth Everyone’s gone through a breakup, and I’ve dated girls in the past where… I’ve never had a messy breakup, thankfully, but I’m never the one to end it. I’m always caught off guard as to why things ended because I guess I’m oblivious in a way.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth Shy Carter helped me write ‘One Call Away.’ He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his career because I think he’s super-talented.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth When I wrote ‘Marvin Gaye,’ my whole intention was to make a record that people would put on a record player… and just instantly make out with each other.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth If a girl sings a sexy song, I actually become even more attracted to them.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth It’s very easy for people to put out music.
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth Marvin Gaye is an inspiration to me. He was one of the first Motown musicians that my mom and dad introduced me to, and I always thought it would be a good idea if I was ever an artist, and now I am, to make a record called ‘Marvin Gaye.’
Charlie PuthCharlie Puth
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyAntoine de Saint-Exupery Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SenecaSeneca Be not ashamed women, You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Touring is hard on the body.
EminemEminem A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.
Robert FrostRobert Frost I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae WestMae West My body parts are all I have left now that are only mine – the world owns everything else.
Megan FoxMegan Fox
