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> [The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/the-songs-i-write-and-the-way-i-see-the-world-have-been-affected-a/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

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## More by Gregory Porter

> [Sometimes I'll be in circles, and I'll say I'm a jazz singer, and they have no idea what that means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/sometimes-i-ll-be-in-circles-and-i-ll-say-i-m-a-jazz-singer-and-they/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [Because I am away so much, I try to establish home in people, rather than places. For example, wherever I get together with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/because-i-am-away-so-much-i-try-to-establish-home-in-people-rather/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/nat-king-cole-s-lyrics-were-speaking-to-me-almost-like-fatherly/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/the-songs-i-write-and-the-way-i-see-the-world-have-been-affected-a/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [My mother gave me the courage to pursue music as a career on her deathbed. She became very ill when I was 21. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/my-mother-gave-me-the-courage-to-pursue-music-as-a-career-on-her/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/i-like-to-absorb-the-atmosphere-and-explore-wherever-i-m-working-or/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/it-s-been-some-surreal-moments-you-know-from-performing-at-buckingham/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [You know Bakersfield was full of workers from the south, from Texas and Arkansas, and they brought their gospel and blues with them. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/you-know-bakersfield-was-full-of-workers-from-the-south-from-texas/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [Writing from a personal experience can bring about this emotion and power of emotion that can be instantly connected to the instrument, my voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/writing-from-a-personal-experience-can-bring-about-this-emotion-and/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/how-can-you-sing-a-line-like-i-ve-fallen-out-of-love-when-you-re-18/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/when-there-s-an-imbalance-in-terms-of-what-people-get-to-hear-then/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [My part of Brooklyn has always been a very warm neighbourhood, even before I had anything going on in the music industry. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/my-part-of-brooklyn-has-always-been-a-very-warm-neighbourhood-even/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> ['Take Me to the Alley' is about trying to uplift the lives of people who have been afflicted, maybe the homeless or somebody with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/take-me-to-the-alley-is-about-trying-to-uplift-the-lives-of-people/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [I can sing the blues and I have sung the blues. I feel it internally when I'm singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/i-can-sing-the-blues-and-i-have-sung-the-blues-i-feel-it-internally/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/i-was-quite-shy-as-a-child-my-sisters-were-the-gang-leaders-my/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

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