99 Quotes by Kurt Elling

It must be a hellish thing to know what's possible in music, to be hearing things all the time and not have an appropriate outlet for them.

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

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.

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

I spend upwards of 200 nights a year on the road.

Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way. It's such a fulfilling vocation. I love it.

Audiences have taught me how to sing better and entertain better.

There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

With a smaller setting, you have a lot more freedom and flexibility within a given moment, but not necessarily the velocity you have with a big band.