Philip Bailey

When we came up, groups and bands and performers were interested in being their own thing. They wanted to make sure that…

— Philip Bailey

Interestingly enough, I'm an earth sign, and my personality is pretty much in keeping with that, and Verdine is definitely a fire…

— Philip Bailey

I love the clothes, I love the discipline. It's all encompassing. You play golf for two hours and you feel like you…

— Philip Bailey

We all have things in which we look back and say, 'If I had a chance to do it all over again,…

— Philip Bailey

I call Earth, Wind & Fire my day job and my solo career my night gig.

— Philip Bailey

I'm a strong believer in God. Always have been. I've always believed that he directed my path from the time I was…

— Philip Bailey

We weren't that big fans of Disco.

— Philip Bailey

If you get the basics right, you can freshen things up, you don't want to just regurgitate the past. But we gotta…

— Philip Bailey

The seeds of Illumination's origin sprang from an idea lead singer Philip Bailey had of collaborating with new generation of soul artists…

— Philip Bailey

I can't lie: We have made some dogs over the years. Every album we did wasn't great, you know.

— Philip Bailey

For me, it's always been about doing different things... If you're still jazzed about the possibilities, the chances of you coming up…

— Philip Bailey

Many times, periods of struggle are more blessed times.

— Philip Bailey

I don't want to give up pop music. It's how I earn my living. I've got a family to take care of.

— Philip Bailey

For me, I listened to a lot of female jazz artists. And of course, the Motown and Philly sounds, all that stuff…

— Philip Bailey

God had always been beckoning me. Early on as a kid, I just felt a strange and close connection with the Divine…

— Philip Bailey

I am who I am. I can't do anything that doesn't have nuances of all the music I've done in the past.

— Philip Bailey

I try to watch what I eat and not go overly crazy. I listen to my body, and am grateful for the…

— Philip Bailey

More than anything, Earth, Wind and Fire forced me to become more aligned with the truth. After the experience of working in…

— Philip Bailey

In the group setting, I had a role to play, it was like being on a team. In a solo setting I'm…

— Philip Bailey

I am a big gospel guy myself and I listen to a lot to gospel music. It inspires me. It encourages me.…

— Philip Bailey

Music is Unity is a foundation that my daughter Trinity Bailey and myself founded over 10 years ago. It's a foundation that…

— Philip Bailey

When we came up, Clive Davis and other record execs would do anything to keep Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, even Johnny Mathis…

— Philip Bailey

At the height of Earth, Wind & Fire's success, I felt an emptiness and void. I studied lots of philosophies and cults…

— Philip Bailey

At an early age, I understood music... the rhyme schemes, melodies and harmonies.

— Philip Bailey

Well, the one thing is nowadays because of Pro Tools and the Internet, when you're starting on an idea, you can really…

— Philip Bailey