Author: Dianne Reeves

Quotes

Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

- Dianne Reeves

I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo.

I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo.

- Dianne Reeves

I loved singing something like 'I've Got My Eye On You' when it's really about the FBI. It turns a love song into something else!

I loved singing something like 'I've Got My Eye On You' when it's really about the FBI. It turns a love song into something else!

- Dianne Reeves

When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach.

When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach.

- Dianne Reeves

Anything that had to do with music is what I wanted to do.

Anything that had to do with music is what I wanted to do.

- Dianne Reeves

Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom.

Nina Simone is a musical genius and a rich and precious treasure who paid a heavy price for her artistic freedom.

- Dianne Reeves

Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up.

Go out into the world with your passion and love for what you do, and just never give up.

- Dianne Reeves

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.

- Dianne Reeves

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

Art and culture and all of these things - they really matter. They shape your individuality.

- Dianne Reeves

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