I've got enough miles under my belt to know that whatever you envision in your mind, even if it comes true, will… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Of course we all know when music's too much in the head, and we define our greatest players by the way they… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Part of my joy as a singer is to give gifts to people, and one way I try to connect to them… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
You don't show respect to Frank Sinatra and his great example by trying to sound exactly like him. You show it by… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
You don't just let a guy drop off the earth and not come together with everybody who knew him and loved him… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
Man, I just feel so fortunate to be a jazz musician at all. I have a hard time thinking of it any other way.… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
You can start from any source material, and you can approach it with a jazz ear, and then it will become a jazz moment. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I don't really have a more intellectualized approach. After the fact, I can sure talk about stuff a lot - but when I make… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I think my intention was there, and my love for the music was apparent. And there are very few singers who get up and… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
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. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
A lot of people are put off by the idea of scat singing. Either that or it's something to be made fun of. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
