Song Quotes by Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

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I come from a family of musicians.

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I've always respected and taken care of my instrument.

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When I was in junior high school, I knew I really wanted to sing.

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Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage.

— Dianne Reeves

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and…

— Dianne Reeves

I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want…

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

I loved singing something like 'I've Got My Eye On You' when it's really about the FBI. It turns a love song…

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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…

— Dianne Reeves

Some people think that all you do is record, and it's not the case. You take on other projects as well, and…

— Dianne Reeves

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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In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only…

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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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I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing.

— Dianne Reeves

Herb Wong was an incredible man. We met when I was performing with Clark Terry at the Wichita Jazz Festival around 1974.

— Dianne Reeves

If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own.

— Dianne Reeves

When I sing a song, I want someone to recognize 'Now that's Dianne singing that song.'

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Dianne Reeves

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in.…

— Dianne Reeves

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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A lot of young people want to become jazz singers, but there are not more jam sessions like there used to be.…

— Dianne Reeves