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Checkout quotes by Dianne Reeves on Music

• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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

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• ‟ I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about Sarah Vaughan. You would go to a show and see Ella Fitzgerald performing the music of the Beatles.

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

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

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• ‟ 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.

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

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

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

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• ‟ 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?

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

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• ‟ 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.

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

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music was inside of me, I decided I'm putting all my eggs in one basket.

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