“And I feel that it's inevitable that the work that I do will reflect t...” — Esperanza Spalding Quote

“And I feel that it's inevitable that the work that I do will reflect the life that I live. And the life I live feels very diverse.”

“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 tend to pick projects that give me a sense of freshness. So my filmography, especially after hitting my 30s, has become a lot more diverse.”

“If you choose as a woman to work in cinema, the roles are smaller, not as diverse, and sometimes not as exciting. So when you try to have a conversation to say, 'This part is lacking in this or that,' or, 'I don't understand who this person is,' or, 'Why is she in this story?' people are very afraid of that.”

“Our solar system is actually a wild frontier, teeming with different, diverse places: planets and moons, millions of objects of ice and rock.”