I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and … - Cecile McLorin Salvant

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I’m really only responsible to make sure that one person is clapping at the end of my life. Because I feel like as a performer, a lot of times you live for everyone else’s applause. That’s a dangerous thing within the church or outside the church.

Cecile McLorin Salvant

I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do - and obsessive listening. I think that's the core of my work on music - has been just listening to things and listening to singers.

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The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do.

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I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.

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Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom, bottom to top. And in jazz, I felt like, oh, well, I can sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then sing these really, like, tiny, laser highs if I want, as well. And I have - I have no obligation to make it sound like it's just one continuous flow.

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I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister's handwriting. And I feel like - sometimes I feel that way for my voice.

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I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

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