Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse. - Cassandra Wilson
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.
- Cassandra Wilson
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. - Cassandra Wilson
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.
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. - Cassandra Wilson
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. - Cassandra Wilson
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist. - Cassandra Wilson
I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting. - Cassandra Wilson
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order! - Cassandra Wilson
My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!
I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice. - Cassandra Wilson
I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice.
I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician. - Cassandra Wilson
I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
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