Author: Lizz Wright

Quotes

A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle.

A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle.

- Lizz Wright

I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness.

I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness.

- Lizz Wright

By high school, I was putting the music for the services together and teaching Sunday school to everybody's kids.

By high school, I was putting the music for the services together and teaching Sunday school to everybody's kids.

- Lizz Wright

I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.

I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.

- Lizz Wright

I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and song that I perform.

I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every genre and song that I perform.

- Lizz Wright

Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.

Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.

- Lizz Wright

I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.

I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.

- Lizz Wright

I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet.

I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet.

- Lizz Wright

I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it.

I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it.

- Lizz Wright

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