Jamiroquai's Jay Kay gets out of music business in hopes of starting a family

Jamiroquai frontman, Jay Kay, 37, is breaking away from the music business as he severs ties with Sony BMG. Jay said:

I haven’t been happy there for a while. I’ve had some ups and downs but in the end the downs were just too many. When we talked about me leaving, I jumped at the chance.

Now the musician is interested in starting a family. He told the Daily Mirror that his priority now is:

Having kids and finding a good woman.

He elaborated a little further on his hopes for the future saying:

All I’m going to do now is fly my helicopter and look for the right lady to have children with. I feel free and I want to find love. My guitarist has just had a baby girl and made me realize how much I want one. I’m not ready to tie the knot, though, because I don’t want to lose my house.

Jamiroquai has sold more than 27 million albums worldwide since its 1993 debut, Emergency on Planet Earth. The acid jazz group, which mixed soul and funk with electronic beats, scored one Grammy and landed six multi-platinum albums in its career.

Source: MP3.com via the Daily Mirror

Thanks to CBB reader Mel.

Comments

Fly that copter into my backyard!!!

- Whitney on January 11th, 2008

Wow. He was doing so well right up until, “because I don’t want to lose my house.” I am hoping I missed the sarcasm somehow when it went from the spoken word to text.

- Victoria on January 11th, 2008

I don’t think he necessarily meant divorce when he said “I don’t want to lose my house.” I think he may have meant that after years as a swinging bachelor, with his household revolving around his wants and desires, it may be hard to adjust to the dynamic of having a shared home.

*My own wife just looked at what I just typed and kissed me on the cheek, calling me her sweetly naive little optimist.

LOL

- Roger on January 11th, 2008

OMG!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! How can this be?? Nobody makes better music than Jamiroquai. I’m so terribly upset by this news. I thought for sure he would come out with at least one more album! Well I wish him all the best in his personal life and whatever else he decides to do in his life. He’s such an amazingly talented person. He deserves every ounce of success he has gotten. Love you Jay!!!!!

- Maria on January 11th, 2008

Hee hee, I’m not sure if wife-spotting from a helicopter is going to work.

- Lilybett on January 12th, 2008

@Roger : he is not quitting music at all. Have you read his New Years Message at the official Jamiroquai website? or Derrick’s blog? they’re having some new ideas for the new album!! the writting process has already started.

Jay has always wanted to have the life he never had.
Once he said “i just want what everyone wants.I wanna be happy, have kids and be the father i never had”.

that’s truly sad. Besides, he never met his twin brother.

- Darge on January 13th, 2008