Esperanza Spalding Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!”

“Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player.”

“I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.”

“Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for a publicist or manager is making a star.”

“Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.”

“I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.”

“There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.”

“I grew up with an incredibly loving and supportive family that gave me the impression there were a lot of options for me out there.”

“I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance.”

“I write at the piano, so I write things that fit comfortably under my hands, and I'm not thinking in terms of any specific compositional methods. I'm just seeking sounds.”