We all have things in which we look back and say, 'If I had a chance to do it all over again,… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I was always mimicking high-register singers as a kid but I also studied operating as a baritone because I'm a natural baritone. — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
There's a side of me vocally that people didn't know existed. I had to get it out of me. — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
When you see one of your kids really has a gift, you can't fight it, because you start to understand what a… — Philip Bailey Blessing Copy Share Image
It used to be that Denver was one of the most stressful cities to play because I was very nervous at coming… — Philip Bailey Coming home Copy Share Image
Well, I can't sing like James Brown and stuff and go do a gig. I'm not a roughhouse singer. — Philip Bailey Gig Copy Share Image
Christian songs are more my personal testimony. I don't say things I don't believe in on secular records, but I am going… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
Fellowshipping really is about loving all people of like mind, affirming your faith in that relationship. — Philip Bailey Faith Copy Share Image
Because I'm a Christian, when I write things are going to have a certain flavor. When you're writing songs you try to… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
We never overthought the message aspect of Earth, Wind & Fire. We pretty much were all raised the same... We just wanted… — Philip Bailey Fire Copy Share Image
When we came up, Clive Davis and other record execs would do anything to keep Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, even Johnny Mathis… — Philip Bailey Alive Copy Share Image
We tried to make music that had a very diverse collection of genres - jazz, pop, Latin, even the blues. We tried… — Philip Bailey Art Copy Share Image
Jazz has always been my first love. It has this timeless effect on me. It's pretty odd that I didn't become a… — Philip Bailey Family Copy Share Image
I think that there's certain music that instead of saying a lot of different things that are on my psyche, I just… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Because of my register, Miles Davis' trumpet playing has always been a big influence on my singing. I've always been intrigued by… — Philip Bailey Influence Copy Share Image
When I was 9 years old, growing up in Denver in the 1960s, I'd spend hours listening to my friend's mother's record collection. — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I loved the title of 'Blue in Green' - as if the color blue was seeping into green, slowly changing it and… — Philip Bailey Blue Copy Share Image
The person I call my secret weapon is an arranger, pianist and musical director, Herman Jackson. — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
You have to refresh yourself with anything that you do all the time and re-tweak it, so the level of integrity associated… — Philip Bailey Integrity Copy Share Image
God had always been beckoning me. Early on as a kid, I just felt a strange and close connection with the Divine… — Philip Bailey Chance Copy Share Image
Just because you are having difficulty in a relationship doesn't mean the love you feel in a relationship is not necessarily real.… — Philip Bailey Love Copy Share Image
As young musicians, we cut our teeth on doing gigs at clubs and functions and colleges. That was really the proving ground… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
A lot of us have classical and jazz training, and it would be hard for us to work with a hip-hop artist… — Philip Bailey Art Copy Share Image
At the height of Earth, Wind & Fire's success, I felt an emptiness and void. I studied lots of philosophies and cults… — Philip Bailey Emptiness Copy Share Image
