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" 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. "

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

Dianne Reeves

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Mother

" 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. "

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

" And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's easy to find parts of yourself in places that you wouldn't even think that you were, you know? "

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

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

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

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

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

" I had really great art classes. Really great art teachers. Arts played a very important role in having a place to express yourself uniquely. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work. "

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

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

Dianne Reeves

Mother

Amazing

" 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. "

" I've always liked a lot of different kinds of music. "

" I never wanted to do anything else, really. I left home at an early age trying to find my voice, my niche in music. "

" 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. "

" 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 knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody. "

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

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

" I feel proud of my journey. I wouldn't change it. "

" 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! "

" I'm a chameleon. When you put me in certain soils, musically speaking, I will be in that place. "