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" I knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody. "

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

" The biggest thing is, when I was coming up, the thing that made you wonderful was your uniqueness. People celebrated that. "

" Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she writes beautiful lyrics and songs. She's like this balm that is really full and very rich and deep. "

" 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. "

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

" I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music was inside of me, I decided I'm putting all my eggs in one basket. "

" I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s. "

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

" Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time. "

" The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young musicians with great voices and lyrical content who have refined their sound. They're up in here, so don't think they're not. There's this wealth of talent below the surface that's ready to explode. "

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

" I always have a little bit of Brazil and New Orleans in my band. "

" I love Denver. "

" Your voice is not your instrument. Your voice is the character that you build, your innermost feelings, the things that you want to say, and your instrument is the vehicle that you use to carry the message. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks. "

" I'm a chameleon. When you put me in certain soils, musically speaking, I will be in that place. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Brazilian music has been a part of almost every record I've done, and I'd eventually like to record an entire album of Brazilian music. "