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" The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound. "

Dianne Reeves

Pictures

Colors

Voice

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" I come from a family of musicians. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The way I look at it, people pay me to travel. Once we get to the stage, that part is easy. "

Dianne Reeves

People

Easy

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

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

Dianne Reeves

Good

Song

" 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? "

" 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. "

Dianne Reeves

Jazz

Looks

" The music industry is changing. You only hear a sprinkling of big names, but there are a lot of really wonderful young musicians with great voices and lyrical content who have refined their sound. They're up in here, so don't think they're not. There's this wealth of talent below the surface that's ready to explode. "

" 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. "

" 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 always have a little bit of Brazil and New Orleans in my band. "

" It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're unified by the rhythm underneath and the way that we decided to arrange and play them. "

" I grew up with great mentors in my life who helped me become the singer I am today. "

Dianne Reeves

Today

My Life

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

Dianne Reeves

You

People

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

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

" 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. "

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

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