26 Quotes by Jimmy Scott

I've had statements made - 'Who in the heck wants to hear a 60-year-old singer?' That statement was made - it's disheartening, you know, because you say, 'Well, hey, why should a guy feel like that about it?'

I've learned that music is such a healer.

As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.

I'm a singer, and I never lost sight of that.

There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know? You have a job to do, so you do that job of singing that song or telling that story because that's what you're doing.

If you're singing, you're telling a story. So to tell it and tell it right, that's it.

As a singer, I've been criticized for sounding feminine. They say I don't belong in any category, male or female, pop or jazz. But early on, I saw my suffering as my salvation.

All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.

I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.