I learned that I can't be as indulgent as I'd like to be when I record.
— Terence Trent D'Arby
I don't want to force my vibe on anyone, but you've got to learn to love yourself, as opposed to being in love with yourself.
I don't want to be just the latest curiosity.
I think some people enjoy that I say things that upset or shake up people.
Terence Trent D'Arby was dead. He watched his suffering as he died a noble death. After intense pain I meditated for a new spirit, a new will, a new identity.
All artists are socialists until they see another artist with a bigger house than theirs.
My 12 years in Los Angeles were hell! But I was sent to study hell and to learn as much from it as I could because there is no other place like hell for a full and complete education.
We can tend to be too ambitious when we're young, and a little blind.
I do have some very strange thoughts... Still, all geniuses are mad aren't they?
You have to hit people over the head to make them notice, and I did it.
As I meet more people who were my heroes, I see there is something about them that rings true with all I've ever read and heard about them, and that's all that really matters.
I came around at a time when myself, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna and George Michael, we were considered kind of dangerous.
One thing about Italians is you can't let them in your head. They're inquisitive. The English and Germans are a dog tribe; the Italians are cats. They're very helpful, but it's in their own rhythm, their own way, and it can drive you crazy.
The system is very well regulated in L.A. It's designed to disconnect you from whatever your idea of yourself is. If you're among devils and they realise you're not a devil like they are, there's gonna be some great discomfort.
Children are born with pureness, and gradually become distracted with all the little pressures going on.
I change a lot. It's not easy to size me up. There are a lot of conflicts inside.
I don't think there is anyone I've ever met who has been more passionate about music than me, but rock 'n' roll has never been about just music. It is music, attitude, personality, persona, myth, legend.
I was aware of all the artists who make good debut records over the years, but no one hears them - and I wanted to make sure that didn't happen in my case.
I can only say this with all relative humility: I saw myself as a Beatle.
I don't have to worry about what the average record company person thinks because I am the record company person.
I don't do many interviews.
