“Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung r...” — Kurt Elling Quote

“Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging to the jazz scene.”

“I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a white tux, and I thought, 'That would be good. To be the only man on stage in a white jacket.'”

“People want to have access to jazz because it has a vibe that's very strong.”

“I miss the sense of belonging on a film as much as I did on 'Call Me By Your Name.'”

“There is no more reason why the features belonging to a picture should be distorted for the purpose of such imaginative suggestion than that the poet's metaphors should spoil his words for the ordinary uses of man.”

“The older I've got, the more I've yearned for heritage, for a sense of belonging and coming from somewhere.”