My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

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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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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 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'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'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...

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...

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...

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 like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they...

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing...

Book - what they make a movie out of for television.

Book - what they make a movie out of for television.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.

So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.