Sheila E.
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican singer and percussionist (born 1957)
, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Regarded as one of the greatest percussionists of her generation, she is a multi-instrumentalist known for playing drums and percussion. She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Percussion".
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…The first girl I ever saw playing drums on television was Karen Carpenter, so I thought I play drums how come I don't have a television show?
On having few female percussionist role models in “An Interview with the Legendary Sheila E” in Vice Magazine (2016 Dec 18)
People don't understand how important it is for funk to be funky, the only way to do that is to allow space to happen.
On her collaboration with Prince on the song “Erotic City” in “An Interview with the Legendary Sheila E” in Vice Magazine (2016 Dec 18)
We’d just sing a lot of things and sometimes slip in a little something here and there…There are no limits, there are no laws, there are no rules, we’re just gonna do whatever.
On lyrics with a double entendre in “Sheila E. Remembers Private Life With Prince, Wild ‘Purple Rain’ Parties” in Rolling Stone (2017 Jun 7)
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Sheila Cecilia Escovedo, known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Regarded as one of the greatest percussionists of her generation, she is a multi-instrumentalist known for playing drums and percussion. She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Percussion". Her music incorporates a wide variety of styles, including R&B, funk, jazz, pop, synth-pop, latin pop, and salsa.
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