I like coming home and sharing things I've tasted or seen. — Dianne Reeves Coming home Copy Share Image
Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful. — Dianne Reeves Beautiful Copy Share Image
When I moved to Los Angeles, right away I met all kinds of musicians. — Dianne Reeves Away Copy Share Image
I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music. — Dianne Reeves I am Copy Share Image
I grew up with great mentors in my life who helped me become the singer I am today. — Dianne Reeves Great Copy Share Image
Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time. — Dianne Reeves Believe Copy Share Image
My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do. — Dianne Reeves Foundation Copy Share Image
Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she… — Dianne Reeves Amazing Copy Share Image
Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom. — Dianne Reeves Artistic freedom Copy Share Image
Your voice is not your instrument. Your voice is the character that you build, your innermost feelings, the things that you want… — Dianne Reeves Character Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the… — Dianne Reeves Colors Copy Share Image
My records are one thing. My live performances are something totally different because they're very improvised performances. — Dianne Reeves Because Copy Share Image
I think the only way for you to grow and evolve is to keep listening, keep moving forward, keep jumping in and… — Dianne Reeves Evolve Copy Share Image
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 Foundation Copy Share Image
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 Case Copy Share Image
In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only… — Dianne Reeves Band Copy Share Image
The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I… — Dianne Reeves Doors Copy Share Image
I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK,… — Dianne Reeves Excellence Copy Share Image
The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young… — Dianne Reeves Great Copy Share Image
My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put… — Dianne Reeves High school Copy Share Image
Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young… — Dianne Reeves Conscious Copy Share Image
Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in.… — Dianne Reeves Beginning Copy Share Image
The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways… — Dianne Reeves Albums Copy Share Image
I always have a little bit of Brazil and New Orleans in my band. — Dianne Reeves Always Copy Share Image
Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage. — Dianne Reeves Between Copy Share Image
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 think Copy Share Image
I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life. — Dianne Reeves Aunts Copy Share Image
My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly. — Dianne Reeves Amazing Copy Share Image
My mother was actually born in Toledo and raised in Detroit. — Dianne Reeves Actually Copy Share Image
Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work. — Dianne Reeves Art Copy Share Image
![“The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I was growing up. My parents loved jazz music, so on Saturday [laughing] it would be the "Longine's Symphonettes," and on Sunday it was Mahalia Jackson.” quote by Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d02/dianne-reeves-4711_doors_the-singer-who-really-opened-the-door-fo_737768.jpg)
