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" Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up. "

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" People think jazz music is all standards and the Great American Songbook. But it's really about the sensibility, the feel you bring to the music. "

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

" 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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" When I was in junior high school, I knew I really wanted to sing. "

" I'm always inspired to push forward. "

" When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach. "

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" When I sing a song, I want someone to recognize 'Now that's Dianne singing that song.' "

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" I've dated a few musicians in my life, and it's kind of always been that way for me. You unite through creativity and share that process and more together. "

" My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different. "

" I love New York City because there's something to do 24/7, something that will make you see things in a whole different light. Like they say, it's the city that never sleeps. "

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

" I think an artist who has it in their heart to do or say something, they'll say it. It's not something that's mandatory, but it will come out. "

" My demographic is very broad. Once they come, they had an idea about jazz, and then they hear me, and they come back with sisters, brothers, and kids. My audience looks like America to me. "

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

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

" 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 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. "