American - Musician | January 22, 1980 -
I want to record, tour, and just live life.
Lizz Wright
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I've begun to realize, as I'm getting older, that I was taught to go for a certain kind of stillness to get things done. I missed that in my life. I loved my grandmother's property, out in South Georgia right above the Florida line, so I just thought I'd find some property where I could feel that again.
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Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.
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I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.
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Singing in church is a very different approach to music. It's very much about transcending the idea of self. It's about finding something greater that connects all of us. Gospel music is about tapping into that.
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'Salt' is like this snapshot in midair, an action shot. It's about my relationship with the church, the classical and choral music that I dealt with in school, and my new introduction to jazz. It's very hard for me to listen to from beginning to end, because I hear how lost I was.
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No matter what happens, I can go back to the mountains. I have nature and my wonderful friends and neighbors. I get so much by being there.
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I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet.
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So many great singers we know have come from the church.
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I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it.
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I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about myself.
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A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle.
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