Carolina QuotesTo be moved, to be moved constantly by your own songs. You need it to be in tune with them, and I don’t mean in tune musically, but I mean in tune with the lyrics of the songs, with the words of the songs, and with the meaning. You need to be in tune with all of that, and that takes a little bit of doing.
Roberta Flack Carolinian
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On choosing to perform the songs from her catalogue that still move her in “Roberta Flack Ready to Sing Again at Jazz Foundation of America Honors” in Billboard (2018 Oct 12)
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