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Being black, I'm involved in t...

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

Everything I do is collaborati...

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I was never interested in sing...

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I'm always imagining some sort...

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

My father had all kinds of ins...

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I'm always looking for ways to...

I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I cringed when I heard myself ...

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I was never interested in sing...

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I know you're supposed to set ...

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.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

Miles Davis was doing somethin...

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

My grandmother sang, too, and ...

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

There was a train that would c...

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.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

She was diagnosed the year bef...

She was diagnosed the year before last and it took a turn for the worst in November so I had to come down to help manage things and to help set up the household so that she is cared for. So I've been here since November.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

Think about the future, what's...

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.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I know you're supposed to set ...

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

I've been singing since I was ...

I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I always made up music. Since I was a little girl. Improvisation was with me from the beginning. It drove my parents crazy. I would sing all the time. To anything. Television show themes. I loved to imitate the sounds.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

There's a lot happening in man...

There's a lot happening in many of us. I think you have to celebrate every part. It's what you are. You have to try to find all of those secret names.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

This was our fourth home. It's...

This was our fourth home. It's not as if we weren't aware, but we'd never had an adjustable-rate mortgage before.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

He decided he was going to mak...

He decided he was going to make it to where it would never burn again. He did a pretty good job of making a fortress over there.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

Are we going to rebuild the Ni...

Are we going to rebuild the Ninth Ward? ... That's the question in the new battle for New Orleans, which is just beginning to take shape.

Cassandra Wilson 55 quotes

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