“ My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of. Kurt Elling
“ It helps me to learn things in different languages, even if it's just phonetically, and to make myself vulnerable to other audiences by trying to reflect back to them the genius of their own cultures,… Kurt Elling
“ I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our daughter when I'm out on the road. Kurt Elling
“ People just want to dig; they want to dance. They don't want to work all through the night, and neither do I. I like getting 'out there,' but communication should be occurring on more levels than heav… Kurt Elling
“ I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just take up all the available air. Kurt Elling
