Best 11 quotes of Cassandra Wilson on MyQuotes

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.

I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads.

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

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.

Here, in this quiet place we own, worlds are born. ~Run the Voodoo Down~