American - Musician | October 23, 1956 -
The music we do is weaved together through stories and life experiences. When people come to hear us, I hope they are are uplifted and that we give them a lot to take home.
Dianne Reeves
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I always have a little bit of Brazil and New Orleans in my band.
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My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar on the same stage. And nobody thought anything of it, other than the fact that it was great music.
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I've always respected and taken care of my instrument.
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Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.
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I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about Sarah Vaughan. You would go to a show and see Ella Fitzgerald performing the music of the Beatles.
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My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.
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I come from a family of musicians.
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I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.
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When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do.
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My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.
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The biggest thing is, when I was coming up, the thing that made you wonderful was your uniqueness. People celebrated that.
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