--- title: "11 Jazz Record Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Jazz Record quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Jazz Record sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeffrey-osborne-20395_always_i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record-18_1895814.jpg" --- > [I always wanted to sing a jazz record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-osborne/i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record/) [Jeffrey Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-osborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeffrey-osborne-20395_always_i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record-18_1895814.jpg) > [I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/i-wanted-to-make-a-jazz-record-i-didn-t-want-it-to-be-a-standards/) [Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/rita-coolidge-25500_jazz_i-wanted-to-make-a-jazz-record-i-didn-t_728217.jpg) > [I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/i-recorded-my-first-jazz-record-in-the-70s/) [Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/rita-coolidge-25500_firsts_i-recorded-my-first-jazz-record-in-the-7_1105245.jpg) > [I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-cherone/i-don-t-know-if-i-have-enough-guts-to-do-a-whole-standard-jazz-record/) [Gary Cherone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-cherone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/gary-cherone-19615_enough_i-don-t-know-if-i-have-enough-guts-to-do_782861.png) > [I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-reeves/i-have-a-sketch-of-an-idea-and-i-never-really-talk-about-perhaps-do/) [Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-reeves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/dianne-reeves-4711_another_i-have-a-sketch-of-an-idea-and-i-never-r_226541.png) > [I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/i-ve-always-wanted-to-record-a-jazz-record-i-did-one-in-the-70s-with/) [Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/rita-coolidge-25500_barbara_i-ve-always-wanted-to-record-a-jazz-reco_2739834.jpg) > [Everything we did, we did live - and then Bobby took it home and chopped it up and edited it. Which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-hunter/everything-we-did-we-did-live-and-then-bobby-took-it-home-and-chopped/) [Charlie Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/charlie-hunter-24736_bobby_everything-we-did-we-did-live-and-then-b_1822248.png) > [If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/if-you-take-nothin-but-a-g-thang-by-dr-dre-that-could-also-be-an-r-b/) [Rza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/rza-1981_adventure_if-you-take-nothin-but-a-g-thang-by-dr-d_2707328.jpg) > [Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-coolidge/jazz-radio-is-not-very-friendly-to-pop-singers-who-decide-to-make-a/) [Rita Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/rita-coolidge-25500_friendly_jazz-radio-is-not-very-friendly-to-pop-s_1596344.jpg) > [I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcknight/i-wanted-to-put-jazz-on-the-record-all-the-loves-of-music-that-i-had/) [Brian McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcknight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/brian-mcknight-8171_has-beens_i-wanted-to-put-jazz-on-the-record-all-t_74007.png) > [If I want to do an orchestral record, if I want to do an acoustic record, if I want to do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wilson/if-i-want-to-do-an-orchestral-record-if-i-want-to-do-an-acoustic/) [Steven Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/steven-wilson-4379_business_if-i-want-to-do-an-orchestral-record-if_503423.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jazz-record/#itemlist", "name": "Jazz Record Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always wanted to sing a jazz record.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Osborne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-osborne/i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeffrey-osborne-20395_always_i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record-18_1895814.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeffrey-osborne-20395_always_i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record-18_1895814.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/jeffrey-osborne-20395_always_i-always-wanted-to-sing-a-jazz-record-18_1895814.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always wanted to sing a jazz record.” — Jeffrey Osborne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to make a jazz record. 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