... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it. Carmen McRae More Quotes by Carmen McRae More Quotes From Carmen McRae Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat. Carmen McRae yeast music inspirational Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best. Carmen McRae pianist oscars my-favorite