Diana Krall quotes

Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, renowned for her sultry voice and sophisticated style. Her albums have achieved critical and commercial success, earning multiple Grammy and Juno Awards. She continues to captivate audiences worldwide with her emotive performances and exceptional musicianship. Here are 14 of her quotes:

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it. (Diana Krall)

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

Diana Krall

I like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that, and I'm telling you to shove off.' That's my interpretation. But I would never 'say' that because somebody else might interpret the song in another way.

Diana Krall

You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart.

Diana Krall

But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination.

Diana Krall

So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.

Diana Krall

I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing.

Diana Krall

I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does.

Diana Krall

When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person.

Diana Krall

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one.

Diana Krall

Well, you know, it's been interesting because an album is just a snapshot of where you are at that time. Not all pictures of everybody are just in jeans and a 'T' shirt, or a ball gown. You have many different sides and this is a snapshot of where you are at that time. (Diana Krall)

There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.

Diana Krall

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

Diana Krall

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

Diana Krall

Diana Krall

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Photo: José Goulão from Lisbon, Portugal, CC BY-SA 2.0

Occupation: Canadian Musician
Born: November 16, 1964
Quotes count: 14

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