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“I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Softball Quotes
#Journey Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
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“Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Music Quotes
#Careers Quotes
#Phases Quotes
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“I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Song Quotes
#Stories Quotes
#Behinds Quotes
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“Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Song Quotes
#Musician Quotes
#Way Quotes
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“There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Memories Quotes
#Blow Quotes
#Night Quotes
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“Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#African American Quotes
#Black Quotes
#Movement Quotes
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“Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Jazz Quotes
#Form Quotes
#Miles Quotes
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“My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Grandmother Quotes
#Singing Quotes
#Kind Quotes
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“I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Music Quotes
#School Quotes
#Singing Quotes
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“I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.”
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Cassandra Wilson
Source : John Gray (2012). “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships”, p.2, HarperCollins UK
#Music Quotes
#Singers Quotes
#Jazz Quotes
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“I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.”
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Cassandra Wilson
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
#Music Quotes
#Artist Quotes
#Voice Quotes
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“My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!”
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Cassandra Wilson
#Mother Quotes
#Father Quotes
#Order Quotes
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