Song Quotes by Meshell Ndegeocello

9 Song quotes by Meshell Ndegeocello

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Meshell Ndegeocello’s reflections on songs come through in nine concise quotes, giving a clear sense of her artistic outlook.

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I feel that musicians are in a fellowship, and that fellowship is a responsibility.

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There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you…

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I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's…

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Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.

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Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and…

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My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were…

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My greatest influence is Jimi Hendrix, and if he's been reincarnated, or if he's looking down, sideways, or looking up, I just…

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My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around…

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It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to…

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If I would not be able to create music, I would create art or something else. Perhaps cooking.

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I find myself wanting to make music at the dining room table or in the bedroom - I'm kind of a mobile writer, so…

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I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

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I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a…

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My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in…

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It's very limiting to us as a species, the concept of better-than/less-than. It just seems to be at its end. I'm like, this all…

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There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?

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Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love. I'm a…

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It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their…

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Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.

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Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself…

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Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson,…

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