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 freedom.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 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…
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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