Maxwell Explains The Meaning of "Lake By The Ocean" + Being Not Worthy of Doing a Prince Tribute

[@TheaR29]

I absolutely LOVE Maxwell & I gotta see him in concert again! He's one FINE brother ♡

[@The34bartender]

My my,I swear if Maxwell asked me out on a date I'd respond with :"Yess,I'll marry you"

[@kpopislife4778]

Amen

[@Brownpaperdoll]

miljonet buen you ain't the only one lol

[@brandyspain7125]

miljonet buen 🤣🤣🤣

[@elaine54321creations]

I'd mannap him in a split second. He should be afraid of me. Be very afraid.

[@juliealexis7438]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@rubyredd6366]

Maxwell doesn't come out often, but when he does he leaves a presence. ✨️

[@askrhonnie6356]

He's so real and honest. We need more celebrities like this.

[@cocovernon8394]

He's very humble and fine!!!❤

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@MoorenaEl]

1990s era was memorable. I TOTALLY AGREE with him on that

[@hsbthree]

Maxwell constantly pushing the bar. 21 years in the game.

[@spkn_hues]

I've been loving how open Max has been in his recent interviews! It's nice to get a sense of who he is beyond the music...

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@feliciastewart5840]

I LOVE TO HEAR HIM LAUGH ❤️💜♥️💙

[@ronniemontezebrown]

Reading Maxwells comments to the song on different media...this is what I gather...with a twist for my special lady... This song depicts a world in need of water..and two lovers meeting..one being the bare bone need for clean water (You) and the other the performer (Me) who wants to be lost in the waters of love and devotion with you...It represents falling in love after a very tough trial period in life (time) and finding contentment in the smallest things (Space) next to the biggest things(World)...So, being able to be content in a lake with you when we have an entire ocean near us is the epitome of true happiness in our relationship...It is about our vast unfettered love deeply connected to the intimacy we are able to share with another after a time of great struggle and betrayal and senseless conflict...It’s an expression of cleansing and escape, a spiritually washing away of the past and joining forces in love with the beauty of romance, nature and the earth to persevere in our togetherness...Then ultimately being able to take the pursuit of the relationship to the next level by having the courage to meet in the world of the ocean....securing the ever flowing love we have for one another.

[@lovedichoreo1529]

6:18-7:00 The definition of Lake by the ocean

[@juliep8131]

thx

[@PedroRibeiro-rd5lt]

Thank u

[@adventurousdaydreamer]

Lol, thank you!

[@donyelhurd5426]

Your the real MVP thank you

[@Walking-MY-Path]

You're a Legend and a MVP.

[@cocovernon8394]

I have always loved Maxwell. He is the greatest ❤️❤️❤️

[@yvonnebishi5723]

Maxwell fine from the beginning to the end! Go Max's! ***** Who's still listening to Maxwell 2020?????

[@elw7658]

Listening 2022

[@chicgal3]

He's speaking some Real Knowledge & History Mentioning the Irish (this half Irish girl Appreciates that) I respect him as an Artist & as an individual as well! I think a large part of his magnetism is that he sings about true love, sensuality, complex relationships, feelings & sings about what women are going through & desire! I look forward to his new album & hopefully many more to come! He is legendary & w/Prince gone now-we need more True R&B Music to Continue!

[@Tzipporah36]

totally smooth lyrics.. beautiful vibe and emotion

[@cassandrabadie]

good interview should always give him drinks first. very touchy love it!!

[@NikNik0123]

1990x @ 4:10 !!!!! Song is soooo epic. It will be a fav for years to come.

[@RealMACGamer]

On that whiskey! lol he's a great artist.

[@kevindarden8820]

Maxwell is an inspiration

[@l.christinejones8164]

Maxwell is brilliant, fine, real.. and brilliant. There's only 1. #Maxwell

[@denisedenisehuxtable4183]

So enjoyed this interview Thanks for making great music Maxwell

[@adrianab574]

Saila, that was an amazing interview girl. I'm here at the end of 2021 just gawking over this interview.

[@lincoln3000]

i have a lot of respect for this guy

[@rmicklos]

great to hear a masterclass musician/celeb talking real and publicly having a moral compass. I'm not black(btw) and he just testifies to the fact that race is shallow waters. When doing something in the way of his musical art, you have to pay tribute to the past but also push to the future and make it you're own. His music transcends.

[@feliciastewart5840]

MY BABY ❤️ HE LOVES HIS WHISKEY!! ♥️

[@katinaegyptwalker6256]

July 2, 2016 Lake By The Ocean.... Love your songs and LOVE YOU MAXWELL 💋💋💋💋

[@tinyking11]

I don't care how old Maxwell is he could still get the business. 👅😂😍❤🙌😘

[@Crystal_D]

Tiny King sure can lol

[@cocovernon8394]

All day and All night til the cops come knocking❤️❤️

[@lovetotheworld2522]

I just love Maxy. He is so cool. The only entertained I spent $$$ to meet and greet.💋💋💋💋💋💋💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@creeewing6700]

Crushing On Maxwell.. Amazing..

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@feliciastewart5840]

I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY SOUL!♥️♥️♥️. THANKS!!

[@peterlewis6324]

Yes he is beautiful, god bless maxwell.

[@Lu31ishLu]

I just love him... OMG...

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@carolynjohnson9313]

If I never meet him...we was walking together with his white suit on down King St.....that's good enough for me...that dream was sooooo real!!!😁❤️👏🏽

[@juanitabrathwaite3681]

Jut saw Maxwell in concert on Sunday night at the Borgata in Atlantic City and I'm telling you guys, if you have the opportunity, go see him in concert!! Don't cheat yourself but treat yourself!! We had VIP tickets which included the meet and greet with him an seats up front. Humble and gracious brutha!! There was about 40 people with the VIP package/Meet and Greet and he stopped, hugged and spoke with EVERY last one of us and then took professional pics!! He is well worth the price of the VIP ticket. I did my best not to fan out but when he hugged me and told me that I smelled good? I was done!! lol. Not washing that outfit that I had on for a while. lol. What I was shocked and amused by though is a large portion of his following are Seasoned Queens!! Lots of 65+ aged women of all races there. Some by themselves and some having a girls night out. Beautiful to witness that his music and fineness touches ALL!!

[@tvgebt7869]

Juanita Brathwaite wow that's great to know ! He hasn't changed at all I met him in late 96 ish during his first tour in chicago & to this day he's the most gracious , humble and sincere celeb i've ever encountered and a little shy not a conceited bone in his body

[@alisohnthompson6344]

I love Maxwell

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@speakthetruth3505]

Love Him!!!!!

[@deangeloparks5734]

this brother is super talented..Lake by the Ocean is my cut.

[@Smithworks2]

Saw him at Madison Square Garden last Thursday! He did not dissapoint! Great concert in NYC with Mary J. Blige. #KingAndQueenOfHeartsWorldTour2016

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@KingofgraceSARA]

Love is deeper than the romanticized idea of love. Love is about recognition of inner self and the evolution of self so that you're vibrating to your highest octave. To give. To be of service. Finding someone who shares that level of vibration is not easy, hence the imbalance of the two levels of what love is between two. Reminds me of Baldwin's "Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough sense of quest and daring and growth."

[@patricedixon2634]

True and many will never have it for sure but that's ok too.

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@trevingaffney9187]

If someone could, it’s you Maxwell! But goddamn thank you for this humility!

[@kylerhageman8445]

He is my favorite r and b artist of all time

[@iricellyperez2677]

what a beautiful soul

[@ivalinapasse6932]

Yes this is so true. Awesome Man. Love Maxwell.

[@dee-jh2mc]

I miss the neo soul era so baddddddd.....

[@austin__alexander]

What a time to be alive!

[@missyblanks9916]

DaaaaaaaaG!!! This guy is real and as the host said "organic" he says his music is "not make everything be about what you got but who you are what you are and what you are inside... HUMBLE. His music truly truly truly reflects the fine wine making strategy. The songs and music is a medley of melodic classy classic compositions.

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@peg46806]

The interview was nice but why was the camera angle far away? I felt like I was sitting in the back of the room?

[@itssewtherapeutic]

I'm wait another seven years...

[@MoorenaEl]

a VERY profound man.

[@quentinwooten30]

Sometimes if u dnt get something, its not for you

[@nurseward]

i love him

[@theatricesanders604]

Love the interview 🙌 best Remix I think would be Great Girlfriend by Prince. Yes for sure music is therapy for me what a amazing connection. You're a amazing man. You most definitely are deep every song 🎵 ❤️ tells a story

[@VETASALMONE11]

I love this man💎

[@clarrissegraham3720]

My man the sexiest man Alive today Thank MAXWELL u brought me back to life God is aGood

[@briggettmumphrey3226]

❤❤❤❤❤amazing

[@docsbuying]

Class act. Last r&b crooner left.

[@larewawarren8154]

9:30-9:40: Ms Shaila had Maxwell all MESSED UP when she responded "Me" to his question about having children to any of his songs....#ItsSOLOVELYtoSeeTHEARTISTHavingaCANDIDMoment #MAXWELLYouBEENTheBOMBAY

[@tracytyler9803]

Authentic and Authorize Genuine Gentleman you are ❤️💯😎

[@MoorenaEl]

he has SERIOUS deep melanated roots.

[@stamped]

Yep Haiti, Carribean and Ireland apparently, more than likely a family with ancestary from slaves as well as Free Black men .

[@MoorenaEl]

+stamped I feel you fam! Haiti and PR... it's a BEAUTIFUL family cultural background he has. but I have to say fam maybe and maybe not slaves background if you are speaking in the context of African slaves...our ppl are indigenous to the land over here. to get a great idea of what I am talking about, check out the video...The Truth about Jamaica and Jamaicans. this POWERFUL lecture applies to all of the Americas. peace fam.

[@stamped]

Moor-ena El ok i see, I said that because many of our folks think we came only from enslaved people, but generally i finding that there were more free Black men that African Americans are related to than what they think. You are correct , may not be any slavery in his background. And Thank You I am going to take a look at the truth about Jamaicans. Thank You Sis!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it is Truly Beautiful. All of us need to took a look at our family tree, I learned about mine from my Mothers who told me about her Irish heritage and began to investigate. God Bless

[@MoorenaEl]

SOOOOOOOOOOO MANY BLESSINGS!!!! I AM HONORED!!!! I AGREE with you ONE TRILLION PERCENT!!!! Exactly! we gotta check out our bloodline!

[@taylortaylor5542]

I bet Maxwell would do an awesome rendition of "Call My Name" by Prince

[@jackiejacksful]

[@annharrison5654]

I love music...very soothing

[@MoorenaEl]

I have a problem with this interviewer!! she's not deep?? IT'S a slap in the face of who understands the artist and wish that he could be appreciated fully by having someone that is knowledgeable and can take the interview to the next level. this isn't a teenie bopper...he never was as an artist. maybe they should've chose a more applicable interviewer that can flow with the man better. TO BE AN INTERVIEWER IS A POWERFUL POSITION. that person can be the translator to the audience and also the one to delve deeper into the interview to get even MORE info and additional perspectives. this man deserves that type of treatment. he's an icon with a heart and can offer a spiritual perspective to those who do not readily understand. that's where the interviewer comes into play. she dropped the ball!!! it's like the saying...a dog running after a fire truck...when the truck stops, can the dog drive it? regardless I do appreciate what was caught in the interview and his perspective in music and the heart and emotions in his music. his writing reminds me of how I write. peace to the god.

[@MoorenaEl]

+Beesnest2211 whatever? ok. I didn't bother to read your pantywaist response because CLEARLY you didn't read or comprehend what I was saying at ALL. obviously you're a part of the dumb down population...and I TOTALLY understand why you couldn't comprehend ANYTHING I said. and that's fine with me! keep it moving. I can care less what diarrhea is flowing from your thoughts to respond to me LOL!

[@djshotokan]

@9:30 Realest G Moment EVERRRRR!!!! Your man was like let me check my heirchy...!

[@20isaBeast]

Love him!

[@maxwell7482]

Thank you for liking my page , Support you showered on me, I hope you never stop listening to my music?.💕

[@kathyhead3078]

❤MY HEART ❤️❤️❤️💕

[@wb7370]

Great great black man...nuff said...respect

[@strong1amI]

My wedding song on August 31st 2019.

[@livingbetternotbitterwithp4997]

Hey, I didn't know Erica Badu was from my home Houston! lol

[@sweeetzz]

dallas

[@thisthatangiegirl9777]

Anyone else notice he never did answer the damn question. What does swim a lake by the ocean mean. I mean I do have my own idea of what it might mean but come on 😣 what does it mean

[@L.Anderson33]

I think it means sex... ocean=woman, lake=man. Just a guess though.

[@tvgebt7869]

ThisthatAngieGirl Probably wants you too find your own meaning in it....

[@eet6067]

Man where was I? Where was this listening party at?

[@clarkclarke]

I love love Ms Shaiia

[@mulumbakadiayi4232]

maxwell talk about d angelo ! waouw

[@lmbarnes3]

Love his music. Very biracial thinking.

[@larewawarren8154]

Maxie: "That's why I'm so specific about not being misogynistic to women...." And THIS is WHY you HAD ME AT HELLO, you Orgasmically stimulating specimen you!!!! #YourRESPECTForWOMENSHINESTHRU #InEVERYLUSCIOUSLYRIC

[@MsGravzDigga16barz]

I'm sure my woke peps...got the stacey dash in this interview but nonetheless I love him & his music!

[@kimberlywebster-williams5451]

❤Maxwell

[@mulumbakadiayi4232]

maxwell is intelligent

[@lifeisthedash]

WHY WASNT I INVITEDDDD

[@randyseabrook6672]

PREACH!!!

[@mariskamaes6233]

Still here

[@juliep8131]

so whats the meaning

[@situationofchaos]

It's about sex

[@juliep8131]

now I get it

[@DRNIKKI4TheOOU]

G-Max, I went to the pet store today...I want a really nice fish tank and a garden for birds. When we get settled I want to get this little cat. If I remember right it's called a Bambino. It's a dwarf, hairless cat. It will be our baby. I can't wait to see how much LL Cool AR resembles you in real life. The Creator is so amazing...

[@laneshapatton2849]

I'm just now noticing Maxwell's accent

[@kayhill1895]

BROOKLYN ALL DAY!

[@ShaShaLuva414]

I’m loving it 😊 trying to sound smart 🤣😂

[@Niamirismom]

I adore Maxwell, but huh? So, I still don't know what the song is talking about! Lol.

[@johnathandoe]

The song isn't about one thing. Like many artists, Maxwell's music is ambiguous. You can listen to the song and have the song be about whatever it signifies to you.

[@lifeisthedash]

I take the song as A LAKE BY THE OCEAN is a relaxing and content mind set. So hes askingggg...whatevr were going thru can we get to that place of being happy and content!!!

[@Niamirismom]

+johnathandoe I can feel that!

[@Niamirismom]

+drown deep Gotta listen again now...lol

[@johnathandoe]

What I think the song is about is being content with one person instead of all the fish in the sea. When you are content with your counter part, you don't need to have an ocean full of fish but only a lake with the one fish that completes you.

[@patriciajohnson-platt4779]

💓🎶🎶🎶🎶💋

[@lleo8477]

90s Music

[@r5ndom551]

Umm hmm!❤️💯🖤

[@joifontaine887]

Joi calling Max lol

[@SupremeScientist]

Hold on. Did my brother just say "Irish"??

[@stamped]

Yes history shows that a few slaves were shipped to Ireland which is a farming country. Many free Blacks also came from Ireland. Many modern day blacks who live in America have Irish ancestry, are descendants from freed or enslaved Africans in Ireland. More than likely he has Irish ancestry . like myself. This is why he said Irish slave ships. i have Irish Ancestry from a free black Man who farmed in Ireland.

[@MoorenaEl]

I sed the same thing

[@MoorenaEl]

+stamped now you know the Moors had kingdoms over there right? check out the decline of Moorish power by Dr. Jose Pimienta-Bey. his lecture goes in in the royal family in Ireland.

[@stamped]

Thank You unaware

[@MoorenaEl]

peace & love fam!!!

[@darleneshepard3883]

Maxwell has this new album/CD out now and I will check this out on Spotify. I was really into Maxwell years ago and here lately not really. It's has been years since he has made anything descent.

[@andreanarbot8108]

the hell is he talking about?

[@lb1798]

I Appreciate my psychiatrist..the music😲😲❤️

[@melaniemargetanski4866]

Middle

[@DRNIKKI4TheOOU]

You draw? Do you still draw?

[@domju4970]

Alicia Keys is the drag man is from the elite, one more entertainer

[@DRNIKKI4TheOOU]

Are you for real? Like, really...

[@nolanjacksoon]

He is away with his words!

[@martharosas9526]

Wth

[@susiqblue]

I think that the Whiskey make him talk way too much. He even mentioned the "black lives matter, crap! Maxwell, Please!! Stick to music before you lose thousands of Fans by talking about Politics, race, etc. I don't want to be disappointed! ❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸❤

[@camillegonsalves349]

Too bad race does matter.