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Esperanza Spalding Quotes

American - Musician | October 18, 1984 -

Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that.

Esperanza Spalding

Art Money Magic You Lose Back

I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.

Esperanza Spalding

Time Internet Party Watch Text Much

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.

Esperanza Spalding

Integrity Music Support Finding You

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

Esperanza Spalding

Learning Children School Negative

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

Esperanza Spalding

Music People Think Easy Teach Never

When something in art or music piques my interest, I tend to go check it out, and most things I check out, I'm not very good at. But a few things I've gone to check out have given me back as much love as I gave them, usually much more.

Esperanza Spalding

Love Good Music Art Me Back

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.

Esperanza Spalding

Change Music Writing Little Things

I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.

Esperanza Spalding

Family Me Loving Out Impression Up

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

Esperanza Spalding

Time Day Start Enough You Go

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don't suffer if you know you're loved and valued.

Esperanza Spalding

Loved Grow You Know Nothing Grow Up

On nights that I'm feeling a need to stretch personally and artistically, I tend to put together outfits that are very quirky, mismatched and over-the-top eclectic.

Esperanza Spalding

Together Feeling Need Quirky Stretch

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

Esperanza Spalding

Plan Jazz Always Melting Pot Been

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