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. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
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… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was… — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
