Heard Quote by Cassandra Wilson

I've often cringed when I heard myself described as a jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a jazz vocalist.

— Cassandra Wilson

I never called myself a jazz singer. I just call myself a vocalist because I love to sing all kinds of things.

— Dianne Reeves

I wouldn't really call myself a Jazz singer I think it's offending to real Jazz singers to call me a Jazz singer.

— Katie Melua

I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz,…

— Dee Dee Bridgewater

I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.

— Eddi Reader

I'm not a jazz singer.

— Boz Scaggs

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

— Rita Coolidge

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

— Phoebe Snow

I don't think of myself as a jazz musician but a medicine man.

— Abdullah Ibrahim

I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.

— Wadada Leo Smith

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk