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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."
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"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."
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"Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist."
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"The industry is a menace to artists."
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"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."
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"These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect."
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"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."
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"An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else."
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"I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason."
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"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."
Artist
"Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song."
Musicians
"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."
African
"I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician."
Church
"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."
Memory
"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."
Thought
"I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting."
Music
"Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse."
Music
"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"
Mother
"My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
Singing
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