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,…

- Carmen Mcrae

Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.

- Carmen Mcrae

... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.

- Carmen Mcrae