Roberta Flack Quotes

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

I like the fact that music is more abstract.

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

Music will always be my greatest passion.

The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.

Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.

Music is a conversation between the audience and me, and I love that about my profession.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

I love how music can create an audiovisual experience. To me, some of the best music is the music that does that.

It's fun to move people musically.

Music is more than words. It's a visual experience, too, and people really feel my music because of the way I move and put on a show.

Any musical output is emotional.

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is.

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one.

ALL ART, OF COURSE, IS INTELLECTUAL, BUT FOR ME, ALL THE ARTS, AND CINEMA EVEN MORE SO, MUST ABOVE ALL BE EMOTIONAL AND ACT UPON THE HEART.

I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we're coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.