Quotes from Philip Bailey

Because I'm a Christian, when I write things are going to have a certain flavor. When you're writing songs you try to be careful. You make sure there are no conflicts with what you believe, especially when you've been real vocal about being a Christian.

When we came up, groups and bands and performers were interested in being their own thing. They wanted to make sure that they had their own identity.

Many times, periods of struggle are more blessed times.

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.

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

For me, I listened to a lot of female jazz artists. And of course, the Motown and Philly sounds, all that stuff was very influential. And church and gospel.

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.

We all have things in which we look back and say, 'If I had a chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't do certain things.'

I didn't want just a squeaky-clean book that just illuminated my stardom. For me, that would just be such a waste of time. I wanted my book to reflect real life - the highs and lows.

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.

I can't imagine my loved ones being in this world without anybody to turn to, without any support or encouragement, guidance in any shape, form or fashion. But there's such a large population of people and that's their plight. Through no fault of their own. Sometimes parents die, sometimes parents can't take care of them - all kinds of misfortunes.

We try to do music with a conscience. We'd never look back and say, 'We are embarrassed or ashamed.' It paid off for us.

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

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.

When I was 9 years old, growing up in Denver in the 1960s, I'd spend hours listening to my friend's mother's record collection.

It's really sad that you have more infomercials on TV to adopt a dog or a cat, or save a whale, then you do millions of flesh and blood human beings.

We're very privileged to collaborate with people to keep ourselves fresh and it gives us a shot in the arm to do things a different way.

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

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.

I'm a strong believer in God. Always have been. I've always believed that he directed my path from the time I was a kid. He has always been my source of strength.

We weren't that big fans of Disco.

As you live you evolve and grow and discover, and I don't like to look at anything as an arrival. I always like to look at it as a discovery and an evolutionary process.

A lot of us have classical and jazz training, and it would be hard for us to work with a hip-hop artist who doesn't know a lot about the technical aspects of music. But when you listen to Wyclef's records, you hear bridges, chord changes and real structure. You can tell he has big ears.

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