Best quotes by Jamila Woods on Music

Checkout quotes by Jamila Woods on Music

• ‟ I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.

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• ‟ In church, the music is for everyone. People are singing off tune, loud; they're not ashamed - it's for their healing. That's kind of just what I strive for, that feeling.

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• ‟ I love how music and chants were used in the Civil Rights movement to help people keep marching. How songs were both a balm and a call to action.

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• ‟ I really value what Closed Sessions is doing to build the Chicago music scene and am excited to partner with them for my first solo project.

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• ‟ I really liked 'Blk Girl Art.' It's like a manifesto saying why I create, whether it's poetry or music.

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• ‟ I think of music as creating a space. I like to put things in that are comforting to me and are nostalgic. To me, that's what sampling does in songs; it's making deeper layers for people who know where it comes from, but also referencing another part of my history and my memory or a memory that I have.

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• ‟ Music is something that is supposed to connect people on a pure level.

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• ‟ I don't know if it's because I grew up in Beverly or my friends, but I listened to a lot of alternative rock music. I loved Incubus, Weezer and Jimmy Eat World. It almost felt segregated because I loved all of those acts over here, but then I also loved R&B and soul music I grew up with.

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• ‟ I always loved singing because I grew up in a very musical family. My mom wasn't able to do music professionally because her parents wanted her to get a 'real job,' but she played guitar.

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• ‟ My entrance to music was singing gospel in church, and to hear that gospel language in a hip-hop song was cool.

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