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Dianne Reeves

Dianne Reeves

American Musician

Born: Oct 23, 1956

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I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do something with some musicians, and they viewed me, basically, as their chick singer. Dianne Reeves

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities. Dianne Reeves

I had a few celebrity crushes when I was growing up, including Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. And I loved Marvin Gaye - I thought he was everything and instantly fell for his voice. Dianne Reeves

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I've dated a few musicians in my life, and it's kind of always been that way for me. You unite through creativity and share that process and more together. Dianne Reeves

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I came up at a time in the late '60s, early '70s where music was without boundaries. You'd go into a music store, and the music was in alphabetical order. I hadn't heard of that word 'genre.' Dianne Reeves

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Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time. Dianne Reeves

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Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and how she works, I have a lot of respect for her. Dianne Reeves

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Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young people with that knowledge. They bring their enlightenment to the world; the world that is buying their records. Dianne Reeves

I'm a great cook. People have asked me to do a cookbook. Dianne Reeves

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I didn't learn the word 'genre' until way, way late - I mean, like, in the '80s. Dianne Reeves

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Jazz onstage is a very intimate exchange between everybody that's onstage. Dianne Reeves

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I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller. Dianne Reeves

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I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and they work for me. Dianne Reeves

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Jazz musicians have always tended to have cult followings, which is pretty wonderful. Dianne Reeves

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If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own. Dianne Reeves

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In any event, I'm proud to wear the badge of jazz vocalist if that's what people want to call me; but at the same time, there are many other things I like to do. Dianne Reeves

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The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents. Dianne Reeves

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