Top 40 Quotes by Esperanza Spalding

About Esperanza Spalding

These are some quotes by American author Esperanza Spalding Musician, who was born on October 18, 1984.

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.'

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.'

Esperanza Spalding

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that you'll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that you'll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

Esperanza Spalding

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.

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.

Esperanza Spalding

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

Esperanza Spalding

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.

Esperanza Spalding

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

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

Esperanza Spalding

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.

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.

Esperanza Spalding

I don't think it's about playing and singing, to be honest. That seems like old news, you know? I wasn't thinking about that. I just think that's in my body now. Dancers don't think about their legs moving one way and their arms moving another. Over time, you incorporate that into your instrument.

Esperanza Spalding

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

Esperanza Spalding

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.

Esperanza Spalding

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