A biography for Philip Baileyhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“Rhythm, melody, message, that's what matters. Our main concern coming out of the gate is to make sure those foundations are strong, the songs are speaking to us. Everything else, horns and strings, is sweetening.”
“I really like electronic stuff. I was enamored with that whole genre of music.”
“We tried to make music that had a very diverse collection of genres - jazz, pop, Latin, even the blues. We tried to have a gumbo soup of expressions. We wanted to create music that would have people dive into a pool of artistic beauty and feel good. And I think we have been really blessed.”
“Buying into the hype can get you into a lot of trouble, believing your own press.”
“I'm a real snob when it comes to coffee.”
“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.”
“Sampling has definitely introduced the music to younger generations - helped the music evolve and kept it relevant.”
“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 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.'”
“We're a band that struck on a really fantastic formula. We were able to carry it through.”
“I loved the title of 'Blue in Green' - as if the color blue was seeping into green, slowly changing it and creating a new color.”
“I've been really fortunate. I haven't had any issues with my voice.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Christian songs are more my personal testimony. I don't say things I don't believe in on secular records, but I am going for the hit record.”
“My solo albums have given me confidence in myself and a broader understanding of what I had to offer.”
“I think that there are some fantastic musicians out there - very, very talented musicians.”
“At the height of Earth, Wind & Fire's success, I felt an emptiness and void. I studied lots of philosophies and cults and I prayed to God. God made it plain that Jesus Christ died for my sins.”