And when you're wrong, be a man and say you're wrong. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be honest. My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. What's the most important lesson you've learned? If I can't feel it and put my soul to it and my heart, I can't do it. Like that song Changes, that song means something. And when I say something, I want to mean it. Lyrics have a meaning to it, and they have a meaning in my heart. When I got off stage, they said, "Charles, you didn't do the song that we told you to do," and I said I couldn't do it.
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When I got on stage, I just set my spirit free and put out the lyrics that I wanted to put out. With music, if I can't feel it and put my soul to it and my heart, I can't do it. I didn't really like the song, but I wanted the chance so bad, I learned it. I asked him for a chance, and he gave me a song to sing with Sharon Jones. When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman in his studio. And when I wasn't doing that, I was good with my hands and could do work with my hands. I was doing James Brown and Otis Redding before. I'm very happy and proud of you."Īfter a few years of phenomenal success and touring, how do you stay connected to the man you were before you released your first record on Daptone? He said, "Charles, you took this song and you made it your own, and it's one of the greatest songs that you've done. The guy who wrote the original of that song, he had texted my manager and wanted to thank me. The song "Changes," the one that I just made. Do a lot of people reach out to you saying you've helped them? Who's the most memorable person you've talked to? You have one of the most inspiring stories in music. I just open my heart and let my heart go free. I want people to know what I've been through, and the love and the honesty that I have kept inside me. I just have to open up when I'm on stage because that's what I did in my life. I finally got here, and I just need to show the world how badly I wanted it and put out the best music that I can push out. How do you find that perspective, even among the trials you've gone through?Ĭharles Bradley: I always wanted this in my 30s and 40s, but I got it at the age of 62. Millie says: ‘Changes’ is a beautiful and soulful album that is brimming with passion, creating a swaying jazz sensation.One of the most inspiring things about the new album is how thankful and optimistic it is. “It makes me think of my mother and the changes in my life since she passed away.” “I think about the lyrics very closely when I sing ‘Changes’ and get emotional,” says Bradley.
The album is named for his popular cover of the Black Sabbath track, previously only available as a Record Store Day 45. Dubbed “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” the singer will release his third album 'Changes' on Apon Daptone Records imprint Dunham Records. Soul singer Charles Bradley’s star has been on the rise since the release of his widely praised 2011 debut album 'No Time For Dreaming', and his ascent has continued long after the release of his triumphant second album, 2013’s 'Victim of Love'.
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