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

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" I come from a family of musicians. "

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

" Music is a conversation between the audience and me, and I love that about my profession. "

" I think the only way for you to grow and evolve is to keep listening, keep moving forward, keep jumping in and trying to experience. "

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

" 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 believe that music should really be without boundaries. "

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

" I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things. "

" The thing that I tell young people is everybody is unique in their approach to the music, and you have to protect that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks. "

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

" 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 like coming home and sharing things I've tasted or seen. "

" There is a certain kind of fire that happens when you fall in love with a musician. I guess you understand one another because you're connected by a creative desire. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience. "

" I have one closet that's just shoes. The woman go, 'Amen,' and the men go, 'Oh my God.' It's color-coordinated from the ceiling to the floor, from evening to casual. "

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

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

" I'm always inspired to push forward. "

" 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. "

" I loved singing something like 'I've Got My Eye On You' when it's really about the FBI. It turns a love song into something else! "