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Cecile McLorin Salvant

(1989) Singer

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Cecile McLorin Salvant is a singer.

Quick Facts About Cecile McLorin Salvant

Born: August 28, 1989
Profession: Singer

About Cecile McLorin Salvant

[Wikidata] American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots... | [Wikipedia] Cécile McLorin Salvant is a French-American jazz singer-songwriter and composer. Salvant is one of the most highly regarded jazz vocalists of her generation, often winning DownBeat annual critics polls. She has released eight albums since 2010, six of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards. She

Quotes by Cecile McLorin Salvant

I remember in school - in elementary school - I used to recite poems. We'd have to recite poems. And I would…

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Elementary school

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I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out…

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Analyzing

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I don't like being the focus of attention. It makes me very uncomfortable. And it's part of the reason I never look…

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Attention

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I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. I always wanted to have kind of a certain natural quality to my voice,…

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Certain

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I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my…

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Children

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I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents…

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All kinds

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I just don't like to be in my own - I'm already myself, so I don't like to be in my own…

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My own

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I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical…

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Jazz

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Just reading that - just reading that a person can be black and still perform in blackface, making fun of black people…

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Black

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Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom,…

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Bottom

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I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no -…

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Advantage

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I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.

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Character

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I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

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Critical

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I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little…

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Audience

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I think I'm fascinated with history and - just in general. And I'm always interested in how did - how did this…

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Ancestor

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The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little…

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Feels

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It takes me a lot of time, and it's almost frustrating for the guys sometimes because they're waiting for a new song.…

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Frustrating

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