Author: Dianne Reeves

Quotes

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

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

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

My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.

My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.

- 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

I come from a family of musicians.

I come from a family of musicians.

- 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

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

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