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. — 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
