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" There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own syrup, and it's so personal that it almost can be embarrassing to the listener. "

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" Where I come from, music is not a business. Sharing music is a business, but music is not a business. It comes from the people and belongs to the people. "

Lizz Wright

People

Music

Come

" Jazz has a lot to do with being very present. You know the structure, then you flow through it. "

" I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end of a long day, and he just won't give up. I just love his wearied devotion - that beautiful, beautiful, weathered sound. "

" I know how to make myself comfortable. "

" I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and song that I perform. "

" My mom has a couple great tricks, but my father is consistently a good cook. He's extremely avid about health and fitness and a bit obsessive. He always talks about garden-fresh food. "

" I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things. "

" I let the song guide me. I move through the space that I'm given rather than trying to make an impression on the material. I'm curious to learn from the music. "

Lizz Wright

Music

Curious

" I love singing all types of genres. "

" I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness. "

" I think of myself as an interpretative singer and a songwriter. "

" If we work on it, we can absolutely refuse any notion that suggests that after generations of contributing to this country, being a part of the bones and the marrow, that I'm supposed to be uncomfortable here. "

" So many great singers we know have come from the church. "

" Everyone I perform and tour with looks out for each other; we ensure we stay healthy. "

" Salif Keita's one of my favorite artists. "

Lizz Wright

Favorite

Artists

" I am more prolific when I have something to respond to. I get my juice from people and real stories and things that seem common but are amazing. "

Lizz Wright

People

Real

" I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death. "

" I come from a family that has grown their own food from well into times of slavery, provided for themselves and people around them. So I found, through conversations about the earth and about the house with my neighbors, a lot of common ground. "

" I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story. "

" The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter. "

" I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life. "

" I come from a lineage of ministers. "

" It's hard to know who you are until you're cracked open a little bit. "

" Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience. "

Lizz Wright

Gardening

Helps

" There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't know any better - have been saying things to me like, 'You should really think about neosoul. You'd definitely be more successful in that.' But that's not my expression. "

" I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it. "

" I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. "

" It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express. "

Lizz Wright

Artist

Hard

" For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because I feel it's still sacred, like gospel. It's serious music, but it allows room to sing about so much other stuff as well. "

Lizz Wright

Spiritual

Serious

" Life is good. It might not go the way we plan it, but that's fine. We just do what we can. "