I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.
I just don't like to be in my own - I'm already myself, so I don't like to be in my own - like, watch myself. - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I just don't like to be in my own - I'm already myself, so I don't like to be in my own - like, watch myself.
- Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that. - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.
I remember in school - in elementary school - I used to recite poems. We'd have to recite poems. And I would always just, like, roll on the floor, li… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I remember in school - in elementary school - I used to recite poems. We'd have to recite poems. And I would always just, like, roll on the floor, li…
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. - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
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.
I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no - it's just very airy. And my classical teachers were just… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no - it's just very airy. And my classical teachers were just…
I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical. - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.
I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were…
I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister's handwriting. And I feel like - s… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister's handwriting. And I feel like - s…
I don't like being the focus of attention. It makes me very uncomfortable. And it's part of the reason I never look at videos of myself, or I very ra… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I don't like being the focus of attention. It makes me very uncomfortable. And it's part of the reason I never look at videos of myself, or I very ra…
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