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Esperanza Spalding Quotes

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

"Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature". Interview with Alex Frank, pitchfork.com. March 8, 2016.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

"Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature". Interview with Alex Frank, pitchfork.com. March 8, 2016.

What I'm identifying with is the vision or the idea - whatever was the little nugget that started it.

"Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature". Interview with Alex Frank, pitchfork.com. March 8, 2016.

Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me.

"Not My Job: Jazz Bassist Esperanza Spalding Gets Quizzed On Bases". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, kccu.org. March 26, 2016.

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do.

"Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature". Interview with Alex Frank, pitchfork.com. March 8, 2016.

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?

"Not My Job: Jazz Bassist Esperanza Spalding Gets Quizzed On Bases". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. March 26, 2016.