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Jazz Quotes by Sarah Vaughan
- I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised in it, from…
- My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
- Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A…
- They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why…
- What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.
More Jazz Quotes
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong
- You blows who you is. — Louis Armstrong
- The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. — Louis Armstrong
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
- I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat,… — Travis Barker
- And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. — Travis Barker
- Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. — Ludwig van Beethoven
- Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis
- I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned… — Steven Adler