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I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm…

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I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's…
My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest…
Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail…
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African…
I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

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