American - Musician | January 22, 1980 -
I'm a preacher's kid, I'm big-boned, I have giant feet, and I've always been able to run fast, and so I had this sense of, 'I can't fail. I'm invincible. I'm made of green juice and concrete; nothing's gonna happen to me.'
Lizz Wright
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I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.
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I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.
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I come from a lineage of ministers.
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The women and the men are teachers and preachers in my family, and a little bit of both those fell on me.
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I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end of a long day, and he just won't give up. I just love his wearied devotion - that beautiful, beautiful, weathered sound.
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Salif Keita's one of my favorite artists.
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'Moffou' is one of my favorite records.
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Music is primal: when it's done without pretension, you can really feel the shape of someone's soul.
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Everyone I perform and tour with looks out for each other; we ensure we stay healthy.
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I studied opera for a year at Georgia State University, but I wasn't interested in that meticulous, technical approach to music. So I left school and went back to jazz.
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The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter.
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