Cassandra Wilson Quotes
I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music.
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We never see ourselves as others see us.
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My family never owned a home. We leased.
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Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
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In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.
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I've never worried about life's big questions.
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You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is the best way I can relate and express what I am feeling and what I am going through.
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The European girls, like the Russians, tend to stick together, but there's never any rivalry. Sometimes there's a little bit of tension with the older girls because they might feel a little threatened by the younger models, but it's not between personalities.
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I used to want to be in 'Downton' because I had never been in a period drama, but then I did 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' and had to wear one of those frocks and... I didn't feel very comfortable.
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What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.
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I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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As a young girl, I remember singing CeCe Penniston's 'Don't Walk Away.' It was like my jam.
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I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place.
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I was born in Paris, and it's a beautiful place, but London feels like home. I like the village feeling, I like running in the parks - even the food isn't as bad as it used to be.
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In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears, and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on, and in that moment, it was very unexpected.
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Now interpersonal politics... that's what it's all about.
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I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.
