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" I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing. "

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" Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality. "

" Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks. "

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

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

" In any event, I'm proud to wear the badge of jazz vocalist if that's what people want to call me; but at the same time, there are many other things I like to do. "

" 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. "

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

" I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres. "

" My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put on school shows. She did all these kinds of things to help us stand in each other's shoes, and it was a really powerful time. That's when I discovered that I could sing. "

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

" I love Denver. "

" 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. "

" I had a few celebrity crushes when I was growing up, including Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. And I loved Marvin Gaye - I thought he was everything and instantly fell for his voice. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful. "

" 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. "

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" If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "