Jazz has provided the framework for all the other stuff that I've done. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Cold winds may blow over icy seas. I'll take with me the warmth. — Lizz Wright Warmth Copy Share Image
Life is good. It might not go the way we plan it, but that's fine. We just do what we can. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I can�t erase you. I tried to replace you but it all went wrong. �Cause seeds don�t crawl off the mountains. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I studied opera for a year at Georgia State University, but I wasn't interested in that meticulous, technical approach to music. So… — Lizz Wright Jazz Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle. — Lizz Wright Bond Copy Share Image
Tell the bed not to lay. Like the mouth of a grave. Not to stare up at me. Like a calf on… — Lizz Wright Calf Copy Share Image
Where I fit genre-wise, it's hard to tell. It's a fickle wind. But I have to believe there's always going to be… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I'm not angry. I can't sing that loud for that long anyway, I'll start coughing - I don't have the instrument for… — Lizz Wright Angry Copy Share Image
Where I come from, music is not a business. Sharing music is a business, but music is not a business. It comes… — Lizz Wright Business Copy Share Image
I am more prolific when I have something to respond to. I get my juice from people and real stories and things… — Lizz Wright Amazing Copy Share Image
I'd listen to the radio, especially when my parents were out on house calls to pray for people - you know, shut-ins.… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end… — Lizz Wright Beautiful Copy Share Image
If we work on it, we can absolutely refuse any notion that suggests that after generations of contributing to this country, being… — Lizz Wright Being Copy Share Image
I'm a preacher's kid, I'm big-boned, I have giant feet, and I've always been able to run fast, and so I had… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call… — Lizz Wright Church Copy Share Image
The church is an institution of music and of production and performance, and it has to do with taking people to places… — Lizz Wright Alone Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I have no ancestral link to the mountains. But I really do feel close to mountain culture. Their ways of food, of… — Lizz Wright Culture Copy Share Image
What I learned about singing in the church has gone into what I do now. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Hit the ground, babe. It�s alright now. Hit the ground babe. Take your veil down. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Just because I'm a recording artist doesn't mean I'm not an artist. Because I had to grow. — Lizz Wright Art Copy Share Image
I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
