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" Anything that had to do with music is what I wanted to do. "

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" Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility. "

" Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young people with that knowledge. They bring their enlightenment to the world; the world that is buying their records. "

" My life has been going in ways I never could have dreamed of - doing the closing celebration for the Olympic Games and being appointed the creative chair for jazz at the L.A. Philharmonic. So I've just decided I'll go with my flow and be very prepared. "

" The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents. "

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" When I moved to Los Angeles, right away I met all kinds of musicians. "

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" I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life. "

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" I love to create something new every night onstage; that makes a big difference. "

" Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and how she works, I have a lot of respect for her. "

" I come from a family of musicians. "

" Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful. "

" In high school, we had a really great jazz program that I finally was able to be a part of. They only wanted instrumentalists; they didn't want any singers. But I made my way in, and I remember the conductor of the band wrote a lot of arrangements and asked me what I wanted to sing. "

" I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something. "

" Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components. "

" I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want to do. "

" I believe that music should really be without boundaries. "

" My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly. "

" I had really great art classes. Really great art teachers. Arts played a very important role in having a place to express yourself uniquely. "

" There is a certain kind of fire that happens when you fall in love with a musician. I guess you understand one another because you're connected by a creative desire. "

" Herb Wong was an incredible man. We met when I was performing with Clark Terry at the Wichita Jazz Festival around 1974. "

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" I always say that improvisation is the utterance of one's spirit, and it dictates your life experience, and that's how you find your concepts and your way for painting your musical picture. "

" I grew up with great mentors in my life who helped me become the singer I am today. "

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