Carolina QuotesI didn’t try to be a soul singer, a jazz singer, a blues singer – no category…My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment.
Roberta Flack Carolinian
Source
On her career trajectory in “Roberta Flack: 'My music is my expression of what I feel in a moment'” in The Guardian (2020 Jan 21)
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- 2020
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“I didn’t try to be a soul singer, a jazz singer, a blues sin…” Roberta Flack. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6912AA36A3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6912aa36a3
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