Top 40 Quotes by Esperanza Spalding

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.

There's a guy I used to pay to work with me who'd call me 'kiddo.' I said, 'There's nothing that justifies you expressing that to me, your boss.'

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.

On nights that I'm feeling a need to stretch personally and artistically, I tend to put together outfits that are very quirky, mismatched and over-the-top eclectic.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if it spoke to you? If you get exposed to it enough, you might find a taste for it.

I was exposed to many kinds of music including rock and disco, classical and folk, Midtown and Miles Davis, Sly Stone and David Bowie.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

There's nothing wrong with struggle. Anytime I look back at a difficult phase of my life and see what grew out of it - the creative survival tactics - I think that the good is way better than the bad.