Esperanza Spalding Quotes
- Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.
- I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.
- You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued,
- People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. When people say, 'Oh, she plays like a dude,' it's…
- The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started…
- My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.
- Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.
- I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.
- The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.
- For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be just…