Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament. "

Related Quotes:

" It helps me to learn things in different languages, even if it's just phonetically, and to make myself vulnerable to other audiences by trying to reflect back to them the genius of their own cultures, and to do that, oftentimes, in new jazz settings, new arrangements. It's a way to show respect. "

" The singer is always an ambassador of music. "

" The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" I didn't arrive on the scene until after Jaco Pastorius had passed, but 'Three Views of a Secret' is a long-time favourite of mine. "

" Salacious? I suppose every once in a while the salacious thing is not a bad thing. It's kind of monochromatic if that's all you do. "

" I can't say New York's home, but I've made a lot of friends, and I'm developing a map of what cats are here and where they play, and as a singer, you're always looking for projects that tie things in emotionally and intuitively with your life. "

" I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz. "

" There's a wide spectrum of possibilities in how to deliver a song. "

" If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase. "

" Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me. "

" I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a white tux, and I thought, 'That would be good. To be the only man on stage in a white jacket.' "

" Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am. "

" I'm a goof, man. "

" Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh. "

" I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its ear. But sometimes, you just need to sing the song. "

" I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not. "

" While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed. "

" A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings. "

" I couldn't do what I do without the encouragement and influence of the musicians I played with in Chicago. "

" That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think. "

" I haven't been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles? "

" You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear. "

" Why limit yourself to one discipline or field of study? "

" Sometimes, with vocalese, I'm dealing with something, a great solo from the past, which is so iconic I can't presume to change it or mess with it. "

" You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too soon, and you have to make the most of it. "

" I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close. "

" The idea is to be unrestrained by categories. "

" It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work. "

" I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band. "

" Of course we all know when music's too much in the head, and we define our greatest players by the way they are able to communicate directly from their emotional selves. "