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I've always respected and taken care of my instrument.

~Dianne Reeves

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Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Always Jazz Jazz Musicians Musicians Performed Sensibility Standards Taken Them Time

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It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're unified by the rhythm underneath and the way that we decided to arrange and play them.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: About Arrange Decided Different Different Things Each Funny Guess Look Play Rhythm Songs Story Talk Tell Them Things Underneath Unified Way

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I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Being Celebration Did Fun Lot Me Music Nina Nina Simone Out Project Sing Started Truth Which Wright

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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.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: About Beatles Came Ella Fitzgerald Go Grew Hear Hear People Kinds Like Listening Marvin Gaye Music People Performing Sarah See Show Talking Up Would You I Came

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My musicians know all of my music, and so that makes for something different.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Different Know Makes Music Musicians Something

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I come from a family of musicians.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Come Family 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.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Also Aunts Entertainers Had Life Much Music My Life Part Piano Played Sang Very Were Who

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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.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Decided Feel Found How Made Me Music Other Out People Singing Wanted

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I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want to do.

~Dianne Reeves

Topics: Knew Know Only Singing Started Think Want Wanted I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 23rd, 1956

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