I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz. — Kurt Elling Connection Copy Share Image
If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come. — Kurt Elling Come Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I enjoy touring as much as I do. I'm not going to make a living just making records. — Kurt Elling Enjoy Copy Share Image
If you start to dwell on your pain, the amount of pain will increase. — Kurt Elling Dwell Copy Share Image
I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close. — Kurt Elling Being Copy Share Image
I hope to be at the top of my game when I'm 65 or 70. I don't want to reach my peak… — Kurt Elling Anything Copy Share Image
Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh. — Kurt Elling Being Copy Share Image
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 Enough 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 Greatest Copy Share Image
I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its… — Kurt Elling Sing Copy Share Image
The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test… — Kurt Elling Career Copy Share Image
I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to… — Kurt Elling Practice Copy Share Image
It's a beautiful thing to have time in the world, as a singer and as a musician, to make friends with people… — Kurt Elling Beautiful Copy Share Image
I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on. — Kurt Elling Go Copy Share Image
I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just… — Kurt Elling Around the world Copy Share Image
You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician. — Kurt Elling Because Copy Share Image
It helps me to learn things in different languages, even if it's just phonetically, and to make myself vulnerable to other audiences… — Kurt Elling Different languages Copy Share Image
Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am. — Kurt Elling Chicago Copy Share Image
