Price of Recognition
Awards are nice, but they can't be the reason you make music. Music must be enough in itself.
Esperanza Spalding
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and bassist known for innovative approach to contemporary music and visual art.
All moments: Esperanza Spalding
- Entering Creative Space — Esperanza Spalding
When you enter creative space, you must leave your fears and doubts at the door. There's no room for them.
- Authenticity Over Labels — Esperanza Spalding
I'm not a genius. I'm just someone who works hard and gives completely to what they love. And that's all it takes.
- Music and Movement — Esperanza Spalding
Music and dance are different languages, but they speak about the same thing: human truth and feeling.
- From Talent to Mastery — Esperanza Spalding
Talent is the beginning. Mastery comes through years of hard work, doubt, failure, and persistence.
- The Bassist's Voice — Esperanza Spalding
Bass is not a secondary voice. It's the foundation upon which everything else is built. It's the pulse, it's the life.
- Being Fully Yourself — Esperanza Spalding
Being yourself is an act of radical courage. Society constantly tries to reshape you. Resist it.
Related moments
- All Music Is Folk Music — Louis Armstrong
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
- The Art of Service — John Legend
As an artist, I see my role as serving humanity and raising my voice for justice
- The Power of Compassion — Michael Jackson
The most important thing is love and compassion. They override everything.
- Music Is Life — Jon Batiste
Music is a spiritual practice, a therapy, a way to connect us to ourselves and each other
- Compromise and Conscience — Bob Dylan
I'll never sell my soul for money or fame. It's my only true asset.
- Humble Beginnings — Paul McCartney
Nobody believed in us at first. We just believed in ourselves and the music.