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My dad was born in Haiti, and my mom was born in Tunisia. She is the daughter of a white French woman and a black, half-Guadeloupian, half-American man. My mom traveled the world a lot. She went through Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. She just got to experience a lot of different cultures, and that came through my childhood.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Africa America Black Born Came Caribbean Childhood Cultures Dad Daughter Different Different Cultures Experience French Got Haiti Just Lot Man Mom She South South America Through Traveled Tunisia White Woman World

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I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then these really tiny laser highs if I want as well.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Clean Could Deep Felt Highs Jazz Laser Lows Never Pretty Really Sing Sound Then Tiny Want Wanted Well

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Eventually, the more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do. So this is why I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Analyzing Became Been Checking Could Eventually Feel Forgotten Had Just Like Listened Little Little Thing Looking Maybe More My Own New Obsessed Out Own People Realized Really Singers Them Thing Unknown Why I Feel I Feel Like

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I had a hole in my voice. I still do. We call it a hole, but it's an area in the voice where it's air. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in the middle area, it was really hard.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Air Area Because Call Classical Deep Frustrated Had Hard Higher Hole Just Low Me Middle Notes Really Register Right Still Strong Teachers Voice Were Where Would

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I was brought up in a house with a lot of appreciation for music, all kinds of music, including jazz. But I never knew that it could really be a career. I didn't know any jazz singers. I never saw live jazz. I only heard these records.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Any Appreciation Brought Career Could Heard House Including Jazz Kinds Knew Know Live Lot Music Never Only Really Records Saw Singers Up

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My compositions are, I would say, like pages ripped from a diary that I don't really want to share, but that I almost feel the need to share. It's a way for me to get things out that I can't get out in life, you know, in real regular conversation with people.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Almost Conversation Diary Feel Get Know Life Like Me Need Out Pages People Real Really Regular Ripped Say Share Things Want Way Would You

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I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where we listened to all kinds of music. We listened to Haitian, hip hop, soul, classical jazz, gospel and Cuban music, to name a few. When you have access to that as a child, it just opens up your world.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Access Child Classical Cuban Enough Few Gospel Grow Grow Up Haitian Hip Hip Hop Hop House Jazz Just Kinds Listened Lucky Music Name Opens Soul Up Where World You Your

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Most of the people that I learned and experienced jazz with have been with foreign white people, mostly from France. Excluding my family.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Been Experienced Family Foreign France Jazz Learned Most Mostly People White

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Jazz sometimes can be really complicated and inaccessible to people because they don't know what to start with. You can start with something that you love, but if you start with something that you hate, then it's like, 'You know what, I hate jazz.' It took me a lot of time to catch on to jazz, too.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Because Catch Complicated Hate Inaccessible Jazz Know Like Lot Love Me People Really Something Sometimes Start Then Time Too Took You

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Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Abbey Betty Carter Connected Early Fan Grew Horn Huge Immensely Inspirational Lincoln Monk Most Musicians Shirley Time Way Were Young

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: Unknown

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