Cecile McLorin Salvant Quotes
I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I'm a huge fan of Taio Cruz. I'm really liking what he's doing at the moment. I'd love to do something with him.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
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There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.
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When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.
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Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.
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If you lined up 10 writers and asked them to write a movie about Steve Jobs, you'd get 10 very different movies.
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Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
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I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog.
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I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.
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It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
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Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.
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I used to read comics as a kid, and now I'm reading them for research. It's great fun. It's not bad homework.
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I won't live in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. I'm sorry I just won't do it.
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Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
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The project of Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' is exactly that: to assert the beautiful, bountiful, chaotic complexity of one black American male. And, by extension, all black American males.
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When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically.
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I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.
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I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.
