Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...