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" I want to record, tour, and just live life. "

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" I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story. "

" Life is good. It might not go the way we plan it, but that's fine. We just do what we can. "

" Where I come from, music is not a business. Sharing music is a business, but music is not a business. It comes from the people and belongs to the people. "

" Jazz has provided the framework for all the other stuff that I've done. "

" I know how to make myself comfortable. "

" I love singing all types of genres. "

" I've always been genuinely interested in the spirit world. I've seen things I will never talk about because I'd be a fool to. You can't lay out that world in words. "

" I let the song guide me. I move through the space that I'm given rather than trying to make an impression on the material. I'm curious to learn from the music. "

" There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own syrup, and it's so personal that it almost can be embarrassing to the listener. "

" As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace. "

" 'Salt' is like this snapshot in midair, an action shot. It's about my relationship with the church, the classical and choral music that I dealt with in school, and my new introduction to jazz. It's very hard for me to listen to from beginning to end, because I hear how lost I was. "

" I really just want an audience that is willing to let me live my life and share with them what I get out of my life. "

" A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle. "

" I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things. "

" I don't think words always lead to meaning, but the things you can create with them are still pretty amazing. I've been really into Joni Mitchell, for example, but I've also been into some studio stuff, like Bjork. "

" Where I fit genre-wise, it's hard to tell. It's a fickle wind. But I have to believe there's always going to be a place for the songs inside of me. "

" I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about myself. "

" It's hard to know who you are until you're cracked open a little bit. "

" I call myself a singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradition. Naturally, because of my lifestyle and love for nature, there's a lot of folk and Americana there because that's just my life. "

" I get bored very quickly. "

" Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it. "

" Music is primal: when it's done without pretension, you can really feel the shape of someone's soul. "

" Surrender is working with what happens. "

" I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. "

" I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it. "

" There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't know any better - have been saying things to me like, 'You should really think about neosoul. You'd definitely be more successful in that.' But that's not my expression. "

" Everyone I perform and tour with looks out for each other; we ensure we stay healthy. "

" Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus. "

" My father was very strict, a very militant parent, because he wanted us to be very focused kids. He sold the televisions, so we didn't watch TV. And he didn't want any music playing that wasn't gospel or inspirational music. In fact, he didn't even like a lot of gospel because he thought it was too bluesy. "

" I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and song that I perform. "