99 Quotes by Kurt Elling

Sometimes people have this notion that improvisation is simply intuitive leaping into the unknown.

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

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

If I was going to sell out, I would do it for more than 10,000 records.

My intellect was quickened at divinity school, and my abilities to discern were strengthened, and that's always valuable.

I had everything to gain by giving it everything I could.

You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.

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

When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.