Author: Jon Batiste

Quotes

Whatever I do with music, I try to make it align deeply with the values and principles of who I am and what I believe the purpose of my life is.

Whatever I do with music, I try to make it align deeply with the values and principles of who I am and what I believe the purpose of my life is.

- Jon Batiste

The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.

The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.

- Jon Batiste

The subway in New York is a great social experiment; there are so many races and ways of life sitting together on each car.

The subway in New York is a great social experiment; there are so many races and ways of life sitting together on each car.

- Jon Batiste

I was raised in the Catholic Church, and for me, the thought in the Bible and Christianity, and the spirit within that, is one of the guiding principles in my life.

I was raised in the Catholic Church, and for me, the thought in the Bible and Christianity, and the spirit within that, is one of the guiding principles in my life.

- Jon Batiste

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

- Jon Batiste

My whole way of looking at entertainment and audience engagement - and my ability to go from one genre to another - comes from my experience in New Orleans.

My whole way of looking at entertainment and audience engagement - and my ability to go from one genre to another - comes from my experience in New Orleans.

- Jon Batiste

On the road, you can't really develop a personal life.

On the road, you can't really develop a personal life.

- Jon Batiste

With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.

With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.

- Jon Batiste

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