“I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a j...” — Cassandra Wilson Quote

I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz.

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

I enjoy challenging myself in new and different ways.

Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, which boggles the mind but it's true, and what you have are all kinds of different ways of distorting your music.