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?
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…
- Kathleen Battle
I can't imagine life without singing. - Kathleen Battle
I can't imagine life without singing.
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.
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…
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 …
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.
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.
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…
I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that u… - Kathleen Battle
I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that u…
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