American - Musician | May 1, 1944 -
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.
Rita Coolidge
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I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.
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There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
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If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.
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When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had moved into my body. Things like that have only happened to me singing jazz. It doesn't happen when singing pop. I get so deeply into the music, it feels like I've become someone else.
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I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.
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I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.
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My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed.
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Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.
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I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.
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I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.
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