Gretchen Parlato
Related ESPERANZA SPALDING Jazz sometimes can be really complicated and inaccessible to people because they don't know what... CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT CHANCE THE RAPPER We don't live in a jazz world, unfortunately. I think if I had lived in a jazz world, I would ha... GEORGE BENSON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and t... TERI GARR I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That&... NATASCHA MCELHONE AMY SEDARIS TAYLOR SWIFT I don't think I'm a singer, I think I'm an expressionist. But it takes time to put it in... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It&#... ERIN O'CONNOR It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It&#... ERIN O'CONNOR LONI LOVE ALAN BALL It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON RYAN GOSLING People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getti... ANDRE PREVIN NAIMA ADEDAPO KIM KARDASHIAN KOBE BRYANT MICHAEL JACKSON It's like James Brown used to say... I don't know, but whatever I play it's got to be fu... CURTIS JONES People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English m... HARRISON BIRTWISTLE KENNY G BEVERLY SILLS Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country m... KACEY MUSGRAVES ROY AYERS DYLAN MORAN BRITTANY HOWARD ASAP ROCKY I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what... JAMIE CULLUM I've had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It's sad and ... LAUREN POTTER I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON TAYLOR SWIFT TED RALL ALICE MUNRO I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway. DEBORAH MOGGACH I'm not a jazz singer. BOZ SCAGGS BRYSON TILLER The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel g... GRACE SLICK DONATELLA VERSACE What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is... RUPERT FRIEND LADY GAGA GREG BEHRENDT KENDALL JENNER KATHERINE JENKINS People ask me what it's like to be tall, and I don't know what to say because I don't kn... ELIZABETH DEBICKI VICTORIA BECKHAM When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ... SHEPARD SMITH MIKE COLTER DITA VON TEESE It's that I'm 39. I feel hot and sexy, actually... I feel it inside myself. I don't feel... KYRA SEDGWICK BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH BRANFORD MARSALIS I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to m... CHARLIE HADEN VANESSA HUDGENS If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if fo... LANGHORNE SLIM LAURA MVULA I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav... JON FAVREAU People ask me all the time which I would prefer doing more, but I honestly can't say. When I'... CASSIE STEELE MAHALIA JACKSON I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. B... CHARLES GRODIN ANNA KENDRICK What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. ASTRO CHRIS LOWE I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wantin... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE ZAYN MALIK I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a ... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think... FAITH EVANS I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do somethin... BILLY HIGGINS I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it di... P. J. HARVEY LAILA ALI I hope one day when I say I'm from Estonia, people don't say: 'What? Where's that?&#... CARMEN KASS I don't care what people say. My music's, my music. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I grew up listening to John Coltrane and jazz, so they were subtle influences. I sometimes think abo... KIM GORDON I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music... MAC DEMARCO I don't want to do something that's watered down. I don't want to take what I'm know... BILLY EICHNER Some of my fans don't really like it when I respond to people who say things that are trying to ... RICKIE FOWLER People think children's books are about teddy bears and little flowers. I realize people sometim... PETER SIS People ask me about my limp. I say, 'You know, I don't know how bad it is, because I don'... TERI GARR TA-NEHISI COATES MARLEE MATLIN People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS HARUKI MURAKAMI CASS MCCOMBS I don't necessarily want to know what people are saying when I'm not around, especially if i... LAURA VANDERVOORT The honest truth is no, I don't feel like I arrived. I don't feel like I'm worthy. My pu... ADAM GREEN I suppose I don't have to work, but I do love working. I class myself as a working-class girl, a... BONNIE TYLER NINA SIMONE GERARD WAY JASON STATHAM One thing I really love in my single, 'Just Can't Let You Go,' is the beatboxing; I thin... MANIKA People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people... ELIZABETH REASER I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behin... BETTY WRIGHT I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's no... CHRIS STAPLETON
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