If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own. — Dianne Reeves Difficult Copy Share Image
The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents. — Dianne Reeves Confederate Copy Share Image
You can't get to no better days Unless you make it through the night — Dianne Reeves Better day Copy Share Image
Music is a conversation between the audience and me, and I love that about my profession. — Dianne Reeves About Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility. — Dianne Reeves Always Copy Share Image
I'm a chameleon. When you put me in certain soils, musically speaking, I will be in that place. — Dianne Reeves Chameleon Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful. — Dianne Reeves Always Copy Share Image
I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements… — Dianne Reeves Another Copy Share Image
I always say that improvisation is the utterance of one's spirit, and it dictates your life experience, and that's how you find… — Dianne Reeves Experience Copy Share Image
I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music… — Dianne Reeves Eggs Copy Share Image
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 Funny Copy Share Image
Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and… — Dianne Reeves Art Copy Share Image
I've dated a few musicians in my life, and it's kind of always been that way for me. You unite through creativity… — Dianne Reeves Creativity Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about… — Dianne Reeves Beatles Copy Share Image
My demographic is very broad. Once they come, they had an idea about jazz, and then they hear me, and they come… — Dianne Reeves America Copy Share Image
My life has been going in ways I never could have dreamed of - doing the closing celebration for the Olympic Games… — Dianne Reeves Chair Copy Share Image
Early on, I started with classical voice and had that wonderful foundation. For where I wanted to go at that time, there… — Dianne Reeves Classical Copy Share Image
I love to create something new every night onstage; that makes a big difference. — Dianne Reeves Create Copy Share Image
When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach. — Dianne Reeves Jazz Copy Share Image
When I sing a song, I want someone to recognize 'Now that's Dianne singing that song.' — Dianne Reeves Now Copy Share Image
When I was in junior high school, I knew I really wanted to sing. — Dianne Reeves High Copy Share Image
The way I look at it, people pay me to travel. Once we get to the stage, that part is easy. — Dianne Reeves Easy Copy Share Image
I don't like a lot of monitors on stage. I like the real raw sound of the open piano. — Dianne Reeves Like Copy Share Image
Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up. — Dianne Reeves Go Copy Share Image
One of the things that I love about Sarah Vaughan is that she was always very current. — Dianne Reeves Always Copy Share Image
I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things. — Dianne Reeves I love Copy Share Image
I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s. — Dianne Reeves Genre Copy Share Image
I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing. — Dianne Reeves Enjoy Copy Share Image
My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different. — Dianne Reeves Know Copy Share Image
Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality. — Dianne Reeves Art Copy Share Image
I lived in Los Angeles for a long time, and in a lot of ways, I felt like I lived in my… — Dianne Reeves Car Copy Share Image
I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres. — Dianne Reeves Believed Copy Share Image
I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something. — Dianne Reeves Always Copy Share Image
I had really great art classes. Really great art teachers. Arts played a very important role in having a place to express… — Dianne Reeves Art Copy Share Image
My friend Harry Belafonte is an activist and musician, an extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to human rights. He taught… — Dianne Reeves Friendship Copy Share Image
The music we do is weaved together through stories and life experiences. When people come to hear us, I hope they are… — Dianne Reeves Home Copy Share Image
I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and… — Dianne Reeves Music Copy Share Image
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 Broad Copy Share Image
