Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Shirley Horn.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice".
It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.
Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.
There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.
Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a ballad. It's important to understand what the song is saying, and learn how to tell the story. It takes time. I can't rush it. I really can't rush it.
I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.