I didn’t try to be a soul singer, a jazz singer, a blues si… - Roberta Flack

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I 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

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Roberta Cleopatra Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) was an American singer.

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Birth Name: Roberta Cleopatra Flack

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I hope that one day we will be seen for the people we are, not for our race, gender, age or nationality.

I sang it about soldiers, then, later, about gay men. It touches me deeply every time. I used to perform this song at Mr Henry’s and people would be totally silent. I knew it moved them.

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I 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

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