I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" -… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
On nights that I'm feeling a need to stretch personally and artistically, I tend to put together outfits that are very quirky, mismatched and… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there? — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all. — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share
