Author: Esperanza Spalding

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I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

- Esperanza Spalding

Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that.

Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that.

- Esperanza Spalding

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

- Esperanza Spalding

Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player.

Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player.

- Esperanza Spalding

I love Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf, Blondie.

I love Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf, Blondie.

- Esperanza Spalding

I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.

I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.

- Esperanza Spalding

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

- Esperanza Spalding

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

- Esperanza Spalding

I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.

I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.

- Esperanza Spalding

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