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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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
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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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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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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