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

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" Some people think that all you do is record, and it's not the case. You take on other projects as well, and you have to live a little bit because it inspires your work. "

" When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do. "

" I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do something with some musicians, and they viewed me, basically, as their chick singer. "

" I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and they work for me. "

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

" My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar on the same stage. And nobody thought anything of it, other than the fact that it was great music. "

" 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. "

" I love Denver. "

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

" My life has been going in ways I never could have dreamed of - doing the closing celebration for the Olympic Games and being appointed the creative chair for jazz at the L.A. Philharmonic. So I've just decided I'll go with my flow and be very prepared. "

" I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something. "

" 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 come from a family of musicians. "

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

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

" 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. "

" My mother was actually born in Toledo and raised in Detroit. "

" I'm a great cook. People have asked me to do a cookbook. "

" I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "