Kathleen Battle Quotes

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• I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom…
• The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself,…
• How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light…
• I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I…
• I can't imagine life without singing.
• In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to…
• New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city…
• Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.
• Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them…
• When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.
• I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.
• People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.
• Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists.
• I sing what I sing.

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