For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.
MiguelI'm a firm believer that when children have a strong conviction about something, it's often because there's some powerful experience from a past life. Something that they didn't get to fulfill.
MiguelI've always had this tremendous and very deep feeling of knowing my purpose, you know? It never dawned on me, it always very much known.
MiguelWhen I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.
MiguelWhat is missing in a lot of urban music is perspective. You hear a lot of regurgitated perspective. It's a lot of: out at the club. Had drinks. Patrรณn. Big booties. It's this regurgitated idea of living in this, I don't know, one-night-stand moment that always starts at the club and Patrรณn. And so perspective, perspective, perspective is what I'm an advocate of.
Miguel