Shirley Horn

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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.
- Shirley Horn
Collection: Song
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I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.
- Shirley Horn
Collection: Giving
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Let me whisper it. Let me sigh it. Let me sing it, my dear or I will cry it.
- Shirley Horn
Collection: Jazz
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It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.
- Shirley Horn
Collection: Oscars
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There's a place in Paris where I'd like to work one day. It's called the Slow Club.
- Shirley Horn
Collection: Paris