Kurt Elling

I travel all the time. And as I go around the world, I try to learn a little something and not just take up all the available air.

My strength is to communicate with an audience and to know what jazz singing is capable of.

I'm a guy who has more slapstick than Joe Cool moments in his day, so I'm not taking myself so seriously.

People just want to dig; they want to dance. They don't want to work all through the night, and neither do I. I like getting 'out there,' but communication should be occurring on more levels than heavy-laden philosophical.