Jazz Quote by Rita Coolidge Download Open image “I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.” — Rita Coolidge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jazz Records Standards Want Wanted
I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a really old-school record with young, hip musicians to give it just that fresh breath of air but really pay homage to why we all started with jazz, she explained. I didnt want to sound too polished, I didnt want it to sound very modern, I didnt want it to sound too clean. I really wanted… — Melissa Morgan Copy Share
I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey. — Rita Coolidge Copy Share Image
I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you… — George Benson Copy Share Image
When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background. — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician. — Dave Van Ronk 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 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
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iceland, it was very beautiful, very safe, but quite isolated. There was something about jazz music that had a way of… — Laufey Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
