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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."
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"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."
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"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
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"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."
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"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."
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"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."
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"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."
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"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."
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"Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain."
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"I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all."
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"I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas."
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"I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe."
Peace

"I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade."
Development

"When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find."
America

"To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years."
London

"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
State

"There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards."
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"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."
Talent

"If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers."
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