Shirley Horn Quotes

• 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

  Song, Important, Musician

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• I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.

  Shirley Horn

  Giving, I Have Learned, Give It All You Got

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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

  Jazz, Cry, Sigh

  Song: Let Me Love You

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• It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.

  Shirley Horn

  Oscars, Rachmaninoff

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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

  Paris, One Day, Clubs

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