“I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up ori...” — Kurt Elling Quote

“I'm one of the culprits who keeps turning stuff around, shaking up original tunes and trying to stand the canon on its ear. But sometimes, you just need to sing the song.”

“Each of the CDs prior to 'Flirting With Twilight' were more like roller-coaster rides.”

“'Man in the Air' was an experience in exercise.”

“A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon, and looking radical. Like when people point to punk in the indie world: If you point to the history of punk as what you see as your legacy, that's more prized and praised.”

“I think that when you've only lived 17 years, you don't have, you haven't had a full canon of experiences, so every moment that you have here feels like the last moment in the world, because you've only had a handful of whatever those moments are.”