Top 11 Ro James Quotes

I would sing at home. I would sing in the car with my dad, but whenever he tried to make me sing in church, I was like, ‘Nah, I’m not doing that.’ I didn’t want to sing in front of all these people.

For me, my father was a pastor, and my parents are still together. They raised me, you know, to be respectful.

You have to definitely be yourself in order to stand out.

I don’t try to worry about sounding like anybody because I know I have my own tone, my own sound. It’s just about being honest in a song and trying to relate myself or how to basically break it down as simple as possible for someone to try to understand it. Not being too deep, not being too shallow at the same time.

My aunt, Rosie Gaines, sung with Prince – ‘Diamonds and Pearls.’ And at the time, I didn’t realize how big of a song that was. I just thought, ‘Oh, that’s my auntie singing with Prince. That’s cool.’

I feel like Prince’s artistry inspired me as far as staying true to myself and my artistry and what is important to me in my life and applying, you know, all the things that I ever been through into my music, the same way he kinda did in ‘Purple Rain.’

Oh, I ain’t vegan, I’m good. I eat. I eat everything. Except pork, you know, I try to stay away. I like me some bacon, though!

Nineteen was the first time I really had a real relationship, really fell in love, really had my heart broken, really broke her heart, and sex meant something a little bit different.

I got into Shakespeare and all of that stuff in high school and then got out of it because it got too complicated. But all of those things just helped me to put words together. It gave me a different perspective.

My dad… was in the military, a drill sergeant, when he was a preacher. You know how some Christians really get into church and become very radical? Imagine him as a radical and a drill sergeant. It was intense.

I listened to a lot of reggae music, a lot of Caribbean, a lot of gospel, a lot of rock, a lot of country, hip-hop… you know, so it just gave me perspective when it came to music and what I liked.