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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."
"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."
"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."
"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."
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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 muse."
"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 grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
"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 father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"
"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."
"Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song."
"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."
"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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