The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedo… - Kathleen Battle
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedo…
- Kathleen Battle
Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption. - Kathleen Battle
Some of the music I listen to is pop. I sing it in the shower - and then for public consumption.
How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light i… - Kathleen Battle
How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light i…
I think for more than half of my career I have refrained from talking to the media. - Kathleen Battle
I think for more than half of my career I have refrained from talking to the media.
I can't imagine life without singing. - Kathleen Battle
I can't imagine life without singing.
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom still goes … - Kathleen Battle
I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom still goes …
The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the thin… - Kathleen Battle
The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the thin…
New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course. - Kathleen Battle
New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.
Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the s… - Kathleen Battle
Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the s…
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