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 spiritual. What I bring to this is the best of my classical training - not all of it. I apply what is appropriate.
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.
- 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
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 can't imagine life without singing. - Kathleen Battle
I can't imagine life without singing.
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.
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 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 …
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…
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…
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