I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s. Rita Coolidge More Quotes by Rita Coolidge More Quotes From Rita Coolidge I choose things by how they resonate in my heart. Rita Coolidge my-heartawarenessheart Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. Rita Coolidge humoropportunityfunny I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life. Rita Coolidge informationdifferentplayer I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge. Rita Coolidge playerchallengesthinking I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying. Rita Coolidge stoppingstay-strongdream It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense. Rita Coolidge cerebralmathematicaljazz My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed. Rita Coolidge my-grandmothergrandmothersong I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me. Rita Coolidge singerssongpeople I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written. Rita Coolidge cabaretsingersthinking I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio. Rita Coolidge jazzradiothinking I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts. Rita Coolidge concertsmy-heartheart Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record. Rita Coolidge recordsfriendlypeople I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record. Rita Coolidge recordsjazzwant I've always loved jazz. Rita Coolidge jazz 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 recordsjazzjourney 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 anxietydrivingifs Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning. Rita Coolidge jazzsingersshould-have There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument. Rita Coolidge voicepowerfulkeys You know, I'm pretty much an open book. Rita Coolidge open-bookknowsbook The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. Rita Coolidge monthdoingwomenjazz
