I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical into jazz. And I did everything to really base it on my speaking voice and to just not try to make it sound pretty.
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 just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzi… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzi…
I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical into jazz. And I did everything to really base… - Cecile Mclorin Salvant
I did everything I could to not bring in any of the - any of the technical things I got from classical into jazz. And I did everything to really base…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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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