When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
But sometimes that title 'jazz' can vex people who think they know exactly what jazz always is and will be. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be in circles, and I'll say I'm a jazz singer, and they have no idea what that means. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I consider myself a jazz singer. I think I stick to the roots of improvisation, singing in front of the beat, behind… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
The umbrella of jazz is so big and so wide . If you don't like saxophone, try a vocalist, if you don't… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I think myself, Jose James, and Robert Glasper are expanding the language - really reminding people that the umbrella of jazz is… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
This is one of the major purposes of soul and jazz music; to state what you feel. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
What makes jazz different is that you can't predict it, it's all about freedom. Just when you think you know what you're… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I was in rehab for nine months, and I needed some solace and distraction. I was in town one day and I… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
There's a lot of female singers and I don't want to dismiss them, but the male - and I have to be… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll be in circles, and I'll say I'm a jazz singer, and they have no idea what that means. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
Because I am away so much, I try to establish home in people, rather than places. For example, wherever I get together with my… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo player. So… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
My mother gave me the courage to pursue music as a career on her deathbed. She became very ill when I was 21. I… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
I like to absorb the atmosphere and explore wherever I'm working or visiting, so I can't say there's any type of place I don't… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
It's been some surreal moments, you know from performing at Buckingham Palace to having dinner with Stevie Wonder, it's been an amazing ride. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
You know Bakersfield was full of workers from the south, from Texas and Arkansas, and they brought their gospel and blues with them. And… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
Writing from a personal experience can bring about this emotion and power of emotion that can be instantly connected to the instrument, my voice. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
How can you sing a line like, 'I've fallen out of love' when you're 18? You need to experience something of life before you… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
My part of Brooklyn has always been a very warm neighbourhood, even before I had anything going on in the music industry. When I… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
'Take Me to the Alley' is about trying to uplift the lives of people who have been afflicted, maybe the homeless or somebody with… — Gregory Porter Copy Share
I can sing the blues and I have sung the blues. I feel it internally when I'm singing. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
I was quite shy as a child. My sisters were the gang leaders, my brothers were the enforcers and I was a tag-a-long. — Gregory Porter Copy Share
