Dianne Reeves Quotes

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever.

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

Completing your performance with your own voice is so important. It's not only my face and expressions... the voice added to it always feels good.

We know how to convey exactly what we want to convey. We know how it makes us feel and we know exactly how to show our fans how to feel the same way.

I loved musicals because I felt like breaking out in song makes so much sense to me because it's the stakes of how you feel inside!

Singing is the form I've chosen to express myself. It's the way I emote best.

I think the actual art of expressing yourself is a very important part of being human. And an important part of being a performer is understanding what it's like to create yourself.

Acting, when it is good, can be transformative.

I don't sing. I don't dance.

I think that when I am making music, if I can be really happy with it and get my message across, then that is the most important thing.

Drag was not only my introduction to womanhood, but my introduction to entertainment. It was the first time I realized that I could move a crowd.

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

You have to find a sound that reflects what our souls feel like inside, how our bodies actually feel. That's why we made our own beats. We couldn't find a producer who could give us the feeling to match our lyrics.

Social media gives a lot of people a platform where they can express their feelings. I like to do mine through songs. I let info build up. In some way, it translates into paper whenever I sit down.

I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings.

I grew up dancing and singing, and I pool together my life experience and relationships and put it into work.

For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.

I always make sure there's something for the audience to connect to, in terms of my movements relating to the sounds being heard.

It's fun to use all of my range; there are so many different colors and textures that come out, revealing different parts of my voice. I know what my voice is capable of, and I try to fit it to each song, evoke a mood.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.