3 Quotes by Kathleen Battle Imagine, Life, Singing I can't imagine life without singing. Kathleen Battle Tweet Talk, Life, Freedom In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom. Kathleen Battle Tweet Music, Life, Change I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That journey to freedom still goes on today. It's an incremental change, the culmination of many events in your own life and the lives of your children and grandchildren. Kathleen Battle Tweet