American - Musician | May 1, 1944 -
You know, I'm pretty much an open book.
Rita Coolidge
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Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.
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Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.
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I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
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I've always loved jazz.
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I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.
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I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
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Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.
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I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.
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It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.
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I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life.
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I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
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