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Pleasure means business. (The giving of pleasure is one of the most lucrative businesses around, and not only in the red-light district. Thus people who "play games" for a living sign contracts for $43 million -- much more than people who merely work. Those who can sing may get up to $100 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dictionary For These Times | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

...started to sing and he began to get all agitated. He stopped playing, pointed at me and said 'I'm writing a thesis. I need your voice...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Funky Diva | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...wonderful sense of phrasing and a beautiful voice, but she never forgets to sing with a great deal of soul," says Waltzer, who will likely be producing jazz shows at Lincoln Center in New York this fall. "She has so much charm and enthusiasm that she'll be successful in whatever she does...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Funky Diva | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...sent him writing samples and has "hush-hush, unofficial" word that she has a job. Even if she doesn't though, she has her sights set on the long term. Toomer wants to sing "pop R & B," preferably "funk and soul." ("Does that sound terrible?" she asks laughing.) She hopes to be both a solid musician and a "great performer." And, above all, she wants to be a star...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Funky Diva | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...answers for that. She will make the right connections working for Jones. She will use her Harvard education to "give back to the Black community if she can." And she will title her first, of many, albums: "Ain't Nothin Special About a Black Girl Who Can Sing...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Funky Diva | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

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