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