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You’ve got to be nurturing as well as commanding and being one without the other is ineffective. Too nurturing achieves nothing and too commanding makes us feel a little cold.

— Melody Gardot

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The lust for comfort destroys the passion of the soul.

interview with PopMatters (2009)

The moment that you feel that you are creating for someone rather than for yourself, you lose something.

interview with PopMatters (2009)

I think that being a musician is like responding to a lover. You go where you’re most embraced.

interview with PopMatters (2009)

(Q: I couldn't live without…) Love. It's more important than oxygen. I'm someone who believes that hearts don't beat voluntarily, they need a reason. If you lack self love or love for others you die.

People always ask, “Why jazz?” and I’m like “Why not?” It’s kind of like asking Seurat, “Why so many dots?” I imagine if you asked Bjork, “Why the Tibetan bells?” She’d probably be like “That’s just what I heard.” It’s the same thing. This is just the way I see music.

interview with Interview Magazine (2009)

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