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"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."
"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."
"To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists."
"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
Explore more quotes by Cassandra Wilson
"I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting."
"I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician."
"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."
"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"
"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 looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."
"My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
"There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have."
"Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse."
"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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