Kurt Elling

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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That's the thing There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

Kurt Elling
thing , many , art
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You don't know what bravery is until you overcome fear.

Kurt Elling
know , bravery , until
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I've got more low notes than I had when I started.

Kurt Elling
got , more , low
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I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on.

Kurt Elling
hope , also , maturing
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I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.

Kurt Elling
listened , lot , king
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I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

Kurt Elling
jazz , really , wanted
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The musicians in Chicago gave me my vocation, but New York calls to a jazz musician, for sure. You want to test your mettle.

Kurt Elling
musicians , chicago , gave
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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
want , make , records
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As improvisers, we're acting as composers in front of people.

Kurt Elling
acting , composers , front
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It's a lovely thing to have people in any circumstance appreciate your work.

Kurt Elling
lovely , thing , people
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There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

Kurt Elling
spiritual , complement , any
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You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

Kurt Elling
work , very , hard
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We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal.

Kurt Elling
live , society , where
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We all know that jazz demands a cultivation of the mind.

Kurt Elling
know , jazz , demands
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Why limit yourself to one discipline or field of study?

Kurt Elling
limit , yourself , discipline