Rita Coolidge
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Born: 1 May 1945, Lafayette, Tennessee
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- I choose things by how they resonate in my heart. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts. permalink
Rita Coolidge - 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. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record. permalink
Rita Coolidge - 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. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I've always loved jazz. permalink
Rita Coolidge - I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey. permalink
Rita Coolidge - 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. permalink
Rita Coolidge - If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool. permalink
Rita Coolidge - It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense. permalink
Rita Coolidge - 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. permalink
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