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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."
"If I had the choice, I would sing only love songs."
"Music made me kinder. Music made me a lover."
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."
"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"
"My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences."
"Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song."
"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."
"I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist."
"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."
"I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician."
"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 doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz."
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