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Cassandra Wilson has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.
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Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
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Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
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There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest…
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Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
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I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
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My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail…
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Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African…
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I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.
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I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
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I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
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I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.
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Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will…
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If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a…
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There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.
— Erykah Badu
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I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye,…
— Johannes Brahms
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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms.…
— Dave Brubeck
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I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of…
— Mitch Albom
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence,…
— Isabel Allende
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My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be…
— Kurt Cobain
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Most of the time when "universal" is used, it's just a euphamism for "white"; white themes, white significance, white culture.
— Merle Woo
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The winds that blow our billions away return burdened with themes of scorn and dispraise.
— Garet Garrett
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