Sheryl Lee Ralph accepted her Emmy with fervor, belting out poignant lyrics from jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves' 1994 song 'Endangered Species.' Here's what the two have to say about the emotional moment and the power of the song's message.
“I am an endangered species/ But I sing no victim’s song/ I am a woman, I am an artist/ And I know where my voice belongs.”
About 1,000 miles from the glitz and glamour of the ceremony unfolding at L.A.'s Microsoft Theater, Reeves was at a grocery store in Denver when a friend called to relay the news, which was initially met with confusion. Q: I want to get into that, but first, I want to start with your history together. Tell me how you first met each other.
Reeves: Well, your night [at the Emmys] — it just went through the airwaves in a way, Sheryl, that people could feel every moment of your moment. It felt live. It felt like we were there in the room. You watch it on television and the energy was just, it was palpable. It was so beautiful. Reeves: True to form to who you are: In the midst of this powerful moment for you, you're still empowering everybody. You changed my life in that moment. I was like,"She's getting her blessings and she's blessing everybody else." My phone was going off, social media, my sister is coming over like,"Girl, do you know... ?" It was crazy.Reeves: What it says to me is that we are all here for one another.
Ralph: For me, it's gotten easier. As an artist, I've always been faced with somebody saying,"Don't rock the boat, just be an artist, just be pretty, just do this, just do that. Nobody wants to hear that. Nobody wants to know about that." And the thing that I embrace is, if it's important for me, I'm going to speak about it, I'm going to speak on it, it is part of my truth, my reality.
Ralph: I've been at this for most of my life, since I was 19 years old. People have said some things to me in this industry that when I repeat them, sometimes people are like,"Nobody could have said that to you." And I'm like,"Oh, yeah, and I'm making it nice for them." And I was just going to put it out there: I'm standing right here.
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