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“I don’t necessarily try to emulate any particular type of singer; I just sing the way it comes naturally to me.”
“With this record, I’d like to kick that door down, and encourage women in particular to express themselves and stay in touch with that part of themselves.”
“We had this process that Glenn named “El Blurto.” We’d get to feelin’ good, and then we’d be playing, turn on the cassette recorder and just start making stuff up.”
“I was thinking back to when I was growing up in my hometown and all the things that influenced me musically over the years.”
“When it comes to record labels for an act like me, there’s Alligator Records, and then there’s all the rest. And I found that out the hard way.”
“All these legends, we knew personally. They knew us. They’re gone now, so, somebody got to rise up.”
For many of us, a live album is the next best thing to being there.
“This project was just trying to do something that was truly our own. I think that’s the goal that we’ll continue to push ourselves toward.”
“You don’t see any black people playing country, and there’s been only one black rock and roll band in my lifetime, and that’s Living Color.”
Their music is original, their style unique, and their harmonies tighter than the rubber band around the Sunday Times. The New Respects are the real deal.