I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

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Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how...

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how...

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't...

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't...

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of...

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of...

I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to...

I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to...

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We...

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We...

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms...

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms...

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was...

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was...

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this...

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this...

I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I...

I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I...

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from...

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from...

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear...

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear...

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff...

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff...

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice....

The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice....

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters...

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters...

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

He was both [television's] first celebrity and its most persistent conscience.

He was both [television's] first celebrity and its most persistent conscience.

The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.

The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.

Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player...

Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player...

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare.