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Diana Krall

(1964) Jazz Singer Canada

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Diana Krall is a jazz singer from Canada, best known for Diana Krall.

Quick Facts About Diana Krall

Born: November 16, 1964
Nationality: Canada
Profession: Jazz Singer
Notable works: Diana Krall
Spouse: Elvis Costello

About Diana Krall

Diana Jean Krall is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the U.S. On December 11, 2009, Billboard magazine named her the second-greatest jazz artist of the decade (2000–2009), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Order of British Columbia Canada's Walk of Fame Officer of the Order of Canada

Quotes by Diana Krall

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis…

Albums

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There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of…

Character

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I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that,…

Another way

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I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove…

Feels

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The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

Figures

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You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to…

Decide

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I love music so much I love what I do. I work very hard at being the best musician I can be…

Because

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My dream as a child was to play with a bass player like Ray Brown, who played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.…

Bass

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I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers…

Albums

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I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

Being the best

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I always wonder what drives us as Artists.

Ambition

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That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love…

About

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You know, we recently played a benefit with my husband, Elvis Costello, and Sir Elton John, who is a mutual friend of…

Band

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Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

Character

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Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is…

Favourite

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It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.

Honor

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When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'.…

Cities

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But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find…

Figures

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So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into…

Art

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I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

Goals

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Love songs last because they are about feelings that don't change.

Don't change

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I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

Difficult

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Well, you know, it's been interesting because an album is just a snapshot of where you are at that time. Not all…

Album

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You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this…

Broken

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I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of fun. Somebody once said it is…

Building

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Diana Krall by topic

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