Music Quotes by Dianne Reeves

I believe that music should really be without boundaries.

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Anything that had to do with music is what I wanted to do.

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I've always liked a lot of different kinds of music.

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I come from a family of musicians.

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Jazz was home. It created a hunger within me.

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My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do.

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Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful.

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Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

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Music is a conversation between the audience and me, and I love that about my profession.

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When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach.

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The thing that I tell young people is everybody is unique in their approach to the music, and you have to protect…

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I never wanted to do anything else, really. I left home at an early age trying to find my voice, my niche…

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My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.

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I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres.

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My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar…

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There is a certain kind of fire that happens when you fall in love with a musician. I guess you understand one…

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Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and…

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I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the…

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I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do…

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I came up at a time in the late '60s, early '70s where music was without boundaries. You'd go into a music…

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Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she…

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I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression…

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My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put…

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The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young…

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The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways…

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When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this…

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Brazilian music has been a part of almost every record I've done, and I'd eventually like to record an entire album of…

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When I moved to Los Angeles, right away I met all kinds of musicians.

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I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music.

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I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and…

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I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

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I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music…

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It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things.…

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I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about…

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The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I…

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I've dated a few musicians in my life, and it's kind of always been that way for me. You unite through creativity…

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People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring…

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And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's…

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The music we do is weaved together through stories and life experiences. When people come to hear us, I hope they are…

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My friend Harry Belafonte is an activist and musician, an extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to human rights. He taught…

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