Words matter. These are the best Jeffrey Osborne Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
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.
I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood.
My first job was with The O’Jays playing drums.
When young people hear auto-tune, they think that’s real R&B. You have to get rid of all of the gimmicks.
I learned how to play the drums… it got me into LTD.
I’ve always been active in working out and taking care of myself. I’ve been running two miles a day since I was 18.
Being the youngest of 12, I always had to wait my turn in line to play my records.
If you don’t make those vocal chords work, they’ll go dormant on you.
A protest is supposed to be public. How can you do it if you don’t do it in front of an audience?
My motto now is eat to live. Not live to eat.
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.
Family is what I’ve leaned on for years; it’s what I cherish the most.
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.
I always wanted to be a singer first.
I used to do Christmas tours every year.
The only real satisfaction is live performances. That’s when you can actually get some feedback from what you’re doing. You get that artist-to-audience chemistry. I love it!