Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams
Jessica Williamsis an American pianist and composer who has deep roots in jazz. She has been called "one of the top jazz pianists of today."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth17 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
You can learn so much just by observing.
deliver
Ultimately, when I deliver something, a lot of times it will be from a black woman's perspective, but other times it will be just from a satirical, goofy perspective.
confident drop felt home teams
Those teams are very comparable. We felt confident going into today. We weren't about to drop another home game.
across fighting kept pushed run seventh winning
Sometimes you get down and you feel defeated, but we did not feel that way at all. We just kept fighting back, getting one run here and one run there. Finally, it was the seventh and we battled and pushed across the winning run.
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As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.
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They really hustle, play solid defense and really hit the boards. The important thing for us is to get in position to box out (to get rebounds) and (offensively) we have to make smarter passes and make better choices.
focused good job proving
It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.
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It will stop people from buying cigarettes. A lot of people can't stand the smell of smoke. Some are allergic and don't know it. It gets in your clothes.
people resonates truth
There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races.
contacts
The last thing I do before bed is think I should take my contacts out. Then I fall asleep.
I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.
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You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.