Quotes from Cassandra Wilson


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    Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

    Black | Audience | Movement


    Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

    Musicians | Song | Interested


    I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

    Church | Singing | Interested


    I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

    Song | Behind | Actively


    I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice.

    Looking | Voice | Artist


    I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

    Jazz | Singer | Heard


    Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

    Music | Career | Master


    Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

    Music | Jazz | Miles


    My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

    Singing | Wild | Count


    There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have.

    Memory | Night | Train


    My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

    Father | Mother | House


       

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