This is one of the major purposes of soul and jazz music; to state what you feel. Gregory Porter Read Quote
I’m really just a singer that’s trying to make some music that strikes to the heart. Gregory Porter Read Quote
I’m very grateful for the success of ‘Take Me to the Alley.’ The chart position it’s reached around the world is very exciting, and its success is an example of the acceptance of my music. I am very thankful. Gregory Porter Read Quote
There’s a lot of female singers and I don’t want to dismiss them, but the male – and I have to be careful – the black male voice in jazz, whatever you say, is an important voice, because there’s a tradition of the music that should be touched on, there’s a sound that should be touched on. Gregory Porter Read Quote
When there’s an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that’s negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die. Gregory Porter Read Quote
All the events that have made up the character and fabric of British culture and everything that has happened to make up the fabric of America culture – art and music – includes the faces and the colours of a lot of people. Gregory Porter Read Quote
If I can hear the music then no, I don’t hit a wrong note. But if I can’t hear the music because the audience is screaming or the sound system is bad, then I’m subject to stray. Gregory Porter Read Quote
The voice is probably supposed to have some cracks and pops and some mistakes in it. Gregory Porter Read Quote
The nice thing about living in a semi-small town is that I can just go home and switch off. I go home now and I trim roses, rake leaves, wake up early in the morning and scare the raccoons off the lawn! It’s kinda nice, that’s the way I turn off, in Bakersfield, California. Gregory Porter Read Quote
