Della Reese

There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either.

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.

You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.