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

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" My demographic is very broad. Once they come, they had an idea about jazz, and then they hear me, and they come back with sisters, brothers, and kids. My audience looks like America to me. "

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

" 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. "

" My friend Harry Belafonte is an activist and musician, an extraordinary man who has dedicated his life to human rights. He taught me the power of words and that music can be used to heal and educate people. "

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

" I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music. "

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

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

" 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 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! "

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

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

" Being from Colorado is, to me, very, very special. I'm just very thankful to be here. I'm also thankful to be a part of the history of this state. "

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

" When I was in junior high school, I knew I really wanted to sing. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I don't like a lot of monitors on stage. I like the real raw sound of the open piano. "

" Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom. "

" Herb Wong was an incredible man. We met when I was performing with Clark Terry at the Wichita Jazz Festival around 1974. "

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

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

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

" I'm always inspired to push forward. "