Just to be a part of something that can travel beyond and reach the lives of people and help them through a daily problem or struggle or even just giving encouraging words, period. I feel like it’s very powerful. I thank God for my gift. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
I can’t be Stevie Wonder; I can’t be Marvin Gaye, but I can be the foundation that I think withholds that mold. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
Singing is something I do every day – not every other month. When I touch the mic, the same thing happens every time. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
I only collaborate with the people I rock with in life, period. I rock with people where I really respect their craft and respect what they’re doing. That’s what collaboration should start from. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
The aggression. The love. The joy. The pain. All those feelings and emotions that come from the music are Chicago. Chicago pretty much made me the man that I am. It’s in my name. I have no choice but to accept and embrace that. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
I just love how everyone with that Motown sound seemed to come from a two-block radius from the actual original location. The original location was a house, and then when they outgrew it, they bought the house next door and the house next door and the house next door until they had seven houses on the same lot. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. My sound comes from church, but the stories come from actual personal experience, being out there in the streets living life. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
You can’t be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That’s the beginning of the demise in a relationship – not being honest and not being you. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
