Philip Bailey Quotes

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Philip Bailey

Profession : Singer

Birth : May 8, 1951

I've been in the mix of great projects for such a long time, I know what it takes.

Philip Bailey

I call Earth, Wind & Fire my day job and my solo career my night gig.

Philip Bailey

I wanted to do a project that was seamless and had all the ingredients from start to finish, from conception to mixing and mastering.

Philip Bailey

I do listen to more jazz and gospel than anything else, but my ears are still very much open and listening to stuff that comes out. And a lot of times my kids turn me on to stuff.

Philip Bailey

I think that there's certain music that instead of saying a lot of different things that are on my psyche, I just say, 'I've aged out.' Because that is the best way of putting it, because a lot of things I simply don't understand and will not understand and can't see any intrinsic value in.

Philip Bailey

Just because you are having difficulty in a relationship doesn't mean the love you feel in a relationship is not necessarily real. Or just because you actually can't be together in a relationship, doesn't necessarily mean the relationship is not real.

Philip Bailey

Relationships are so complicated, and anything but perfect.

Philip Bailey

I love the clothes, I love the discipline. It's all encompassing. You play golf for two hours and you feel like you went on a two-hour vacation. It's like meditation.

Philip Bailey

Well, I can't sing like James Brown and stuff and go do a gig. I'm not a roughhouse singer.

Philip Bailey

I'm an espresso junkie.

Philip Bailey

I mean, I strive every day, man, to just be the best that I can be.

Philip Bailey

When you see one of your kids really has a gift, you can't fight it, because you start to understand what a blessing it's been to you.

Philip Bailey

When I'm on the road I get to read, play golf and do what I love to do - play music. Not a bad life.

Philip Bailey

I work out several days a week at the gym to be able to exist and move properly.

Philip Bailey

I try to watch what I eat and not go overly crazy. I listen to my body, and am grateful for the blessings of God for my health and strength.

Philip Bailey

You can get jaded in the music business, but I have so much passion, and I try to do music with different people to 'reset.'

Philip Bailey

At an early age, I understood music... the rhyme schemes, melodies and harmonies.

Philip Bailey

There was never anything in particular that led me to music. Music is in my DNA.

Philip Bailey

Music is Unity is a foundation that my daughter Trinity Bailey and myself founded over 10 years ago. It's a foundation that benefits foster youth who are aging out of the system. A portion of our proceeds, ticket sales and donations go to funding organizations helping youth with necessities for life, support, and inspiration.

Philip Bailey

The person I call my secret weapon is an arranger, pianist and musical director, Herman Jackson.

Philip Bailey