"My parents encouraged us to commit to things,……" — Laura Mvula
"My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory."
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21 Quotes by Laura Mvula
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz,…
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I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano…
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem…
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I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her…
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that…
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started…
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You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the…
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz,…
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate…
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