Philip Bailey Quotes

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Philip Bailey

Profession : Singer

Birth : May 8, 1951

The first time I heard a professional jazz quartet practicing in a house down the street it was almost like an out-of-body experience.

Philip Bailey

Music was the thing that caught my soul's attention from the earliest I can ever remember.

Philip Bailey

I try to have to different experiences with different people and energies and do things that will challenge me.

Philip Bailey

I never put a ceiling on what I'm going to do or where I'm going or where God's going to lead me.

Philip Bailey

I'm a natural baritone, so I had challenges in that middle range, which would be that tenor area, singing in my natural voice. And I worked on that. But basically the falsetto thing, I didn't even know it was a falsetto until a music teacher commented on it, that I had a very nice falsetto. I didn't even know what it was. I said, 'Oh, OK.'

Philip Bailey

That's one thing I loved about coming up when we came up. When you had groups like Mandrill and Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly Stone, and on and on and on, the Brothers Johnson, whatever. Everybody, Ohio Players. Groups wanted to be just themselves.

Philip Bailey

We never considered ourselves a funk band.

Philip Bailey

Fellowshipping really is about loving all people of like mind, affirming your faith in that relationship.

Philip Bailey

I have a relationship with Christ and it is ongoing. I study my Bible, I do fellowship at a Church, it's a life thing.

Philip Bailey

God had always been beckoning me. Early on as a kid, I just felt a strange and close connection with the Divine and then later on it became a more personal thing through my Christian witnesses, people in my life who got a chance to talk to me, bring me to the knowledge of Jesus.

Philip Bailey

The music has allowed me to see the world, make a lot of friends and learn a lot about life.

Philip Bailey

The songs resonate with a positive hue. That's a positive thing. People feel good singing 'Sing a Song' or 'Shining Star.'

Philip Bailey

We never overthought the message aspect of Earth, Wind & Fire. We pretty much were all raised the same... We just wanted to contribute positivity in our music and humanity.

Philip Bailey

We weren't that big fans of Disco.

Philip Bailey

Well, the one thing is nowadays because of Pro Tools and the Internet, when you're starting on an idea, you can really continue on that path until the whole idea is developed and completed, as opposed to before when those were separate processes.

Philip Bailey

One way or the other, keep it real. Know what's good, what's bad and what's different.

Philip Bailey

We're a band that struck on a really fantastic formula. We were able to carry it through.

Philip Bailey

I love singing gospel. It's fulfilling but in a different way than singing pop music.

Philip Bailey

I don't want to give up pop music. It's how I earn my living. I've got a family to take care of.

Philip Bailey

There's a side of me vocally that people didn't know existed. I had to get it out of me.

Philip Bailey