A biography for Dianne Reeveshasn’t been written yet.
“My records are one thing. My live performances are something totally different because they're very improvised performances.”
“My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.”
“Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she writes beautiful lyrics and songs. She's like this balm that is really full and very rich and deep.”
“Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time.”
“I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was great at telling stories, and my mother was an amazing storyteller.”
“My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly.”
“Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young people with that knowledge. They bring their enlightenment to the world; the world that is buying their records.”
“The music we do is weaved together through stories and life experiences. When people come to hear us, I hope they are are uplifted and that we give them a lot to take home.”
“When I moved to Los Angeles, right away I met all kinds of musicians.”
“I never looked or really believed that music should be categorized into particular genres.”
“I've always liked a lot of different kinds of music.”
“I don't like a lot of monitors on stage. I like the real raw sound of the open piano.”
“I knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody.”
“When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do.”
“Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks.”
“Brazilian music has been a part of almost every record I've done, and I'd eventually like to record an entire album of Brazilian music.”
“Jazz is such a living art form. It happens right in the moment. You weave a story by changing certain elements and components.”
“I have one closet that's just shoes. The woman go, 'Amen,' and the men go, 'Oh my God.' It's color-coordinated from the ceiling to the floor, from evening to casual.”
“And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's easy to find parts of yourself in places that you wouldn't even think that you were, you know?”
“My junior high school teacher, Bennie Williams, was really more than a music teacher. She taught us poetry. She helped us put on school shows. She did all these kinds of things to help us stand in each other's shoes, and it was a really powerful time. That's when I discovered that I could sing.”