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" Early on, I started with classical voice and had that wonderful foundation. For where I wanted to go at that time, there were no teachers to teach it, so I came up with all kinds of different ways to develop the sound of my voice. "

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" I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about Sarah Vaughan. You would go to a show and see Ella Fitzgerald performing the music of the Beatles. "

Dianne Reeves

Listening

You

Talking

" I came up at a time in the late '60s, early '70s where music was without boundaries. You'd go into a music store, and the music was in alphabetical order. I hadn't heard of that word 'genre.' "

Dianne Reeves

Early

You

" It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're unified by the rhythm underneath and the way that we decided to arrange and play them. "

" I think the only way for you to grow and evolve is to keep listening, keep moving forward, keep jumping in and trying to experience. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The music we do is weaved together through stories and life experiences. When people come to hear us, I hope they are are uplifted and that we give them a lot to take home. "

" I'm always inspired to push forward. "

" 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. "

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

" I lived in Los Angeles for a long time, and in a lot of ways, I felt like I lived in my car. "

" I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller. "

" I never wanted to do anything else, really. I left home at an early age trying to find my voice, my niche in music. "

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

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

Dianne Reeves

Today

My Life

" I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience. "

" Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage. "

" My records are one thing. My live performances are something totally different because they're very improvised performances. "

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

" I like coming home and sharing things I've tasted or seen. "

Dianne Reeves

Things

Sharing

" My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do. "

" Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks. "

Dianne Reeves

Gosh

I Love

" One of the things that I love about Sarah Vaughan is that she was always very current. "

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

Dianne Reeves

Mother

Amazing

" Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities. "

" And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's easy to find parts of yourself in places that you wouldn't even think that you were, you know? "

" I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements involved. "

" I think jazz is the foundation for a lot of great musicians, and then after that, you know, it's this broad expression of things that really have influenced and addressed your life. "

" Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work. "