Attraction Quote by Eddi Reader

I wanted to be a jazz musician.

— Ron Cephas Jones

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.

— Molly Ringwald

I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

— Deborah Moggach

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy,

— Etta James

I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.

— Robert Wyatt

I always felt that I was born in the wrong era. I wanted to be friends with John Garfield, for instance. He was one…

— Charlie Haden

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And…

— Charlie Haden

I always wanted to sing a jazz record.

— Jeffrey Osborne

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean

I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long…

— Jherek Bischoff

I really wanted to be a blues/jazz/gospel singer, but times had changed and disco was now the music - the new sound. I embraced…

— Liz Mitchell