With pop, it's pretty much straight up and down. It has to be simple. Everybody has to be able to walk down the street and be able to sing it. Jeffrey Osborne More Quotes by Jeffrey Osborne More Quotes From Jeffrey Osborne The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect. Jeffrey Osborne singing athlete years Only the two of us together flying high upon the wings of love. Jeffrey Osborne flying-high music wings Just smile for me and let the day begin. Jeffrey Osborne just-smile romantic We believe the event was more of a capital raising effort and branding exercise, we do not see the new Model Y igniting elevated demand or enthusiasm for the Tesla brand. Jeffrey Osborne technology If the yieldco never receives any additional assets in the future, they're stuck with limited income every month, as the sun shines and wind blows. Jeffrey Osborne business To play the trumpet, you have to use that diaphragm, and it's the same if you want to sing correctly. You really need to push it out from there. And I think that's what has kept me going as a singer. Jeffrey Osborne push think me you In all the time I was with L.T.D., I was never allowed to do an interview by myself. I wasn't even allowed to talk on stage between songs. I couldn't get a publishing agreement or a production deal because everyone had their own little role to play in the group... and the money, well, anything split 10 ways can't be much. Jeffrey Osborne never myself money time Everything has changed since I started recording in 1972. But the very things that have opened this industry, like the digital platforms to reach more people, have also killed things that were happening before in the recording studio. Now, most of the time, there are no real musicians in the studio; it's people with sequencers and things. Jeffrey Osborne musicians digital time people The beauty of recording in L.A. is that most of the musicians that are on the record live here, so it was easy to get world class artists like Rick Braun to swing by and play a little trumpet, Everette Harp on sax, guitarist Paul Jackson. Jeffrey Osborne live easy beauty world I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood. Jeffrey Osborne think childhood creative way I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot of them were songwriters like Lionel Richie. I mean, they were able to control their own destiny. Jeffrey Osborne look think you destiny Being the youngest of 12, I always had to wait my turn in line to play my records. Jeffrey Osborne wait being always play I listened to everything. To the early Motown groups - the Four Tops and the Temptations - to Johnny Mathis, Gloria Lynne - my sisters loved her. Sarah Vaughan. Everything. Jeffrey Osborne her loved everything early Everyone in the group sang when I joined them. That was one of the problems with L.T.D.: there was no focal point. It took until 1976, or about six or seven years, before I was put into the spotlight as a vocalist. That's when I recorded 'Love Ballad,' and it became a hit for the group. Jeffrey Osborne everyone problems group love I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown. Jeffrey Osborne listen hear me jazz A protest is supposed to be public. How can you do it if you don't do it in front of an audience? Jeffrey Osborne how you protest audience I used to do Christmas tours every year. Jeffrey Osborne every year used christmas People don't realize it, but you've got to take care of it. The vocal cord is the smallest muscle in the body, and it gets more use than any other muscle. Jeffrey Osborne you care body people My motto now is eat to live. Not live to eat. Jeffrey Osborne eat live now motto Watch what you put into your body. It will carry you a long way. No doubt. Jeffrey Osborne you body long way
