Author: Cynthia Robinson

Quotes

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

- Cynthia Robinson

The future has never been something that I've been able to plan. Every time I try - I don't care if it's three or four days ahead or a week ahead - it just doesn't pan out.

The future has never been something that I've been able to plan. Every time I try - I don't care if it's three or four days ahead or a week ahead - it just doesn't pan out.

- Cynthia Robinson

Truth never changes. Truth always sets people free.

Truth never changes. Truth always sets people free.

- Cynthia Robinson

As time passed on, got to hear some players who were straight up funky, not just jazz. Nat Adderley, for instance - he's a funky trumpet player, so he was my man.

As time passed on, got to hear some players who were straight up funky, not just jazz. Nat Adderley, for instance - he's a funky trumpet player, so he was my man.

- Cynthia Robinson

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