I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised in it, from way back. I'm not putting jazz down, but I'm not a jazz singer...I've recorded all kinds of music, but (to them) I'm either a jazz singer or a blues singer. I can't sing a blues – just a right-out blues – but I can put the blues in whatever I sing. I might sing 'Send In the Clowns' and I might stick a little bluesy part in it, or any song. What I want to do, music-wise, is all kinds of music that I like, and I like all kinds of music.
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just tal… - Sarah Vaughan
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just tal…
- Sarah Vaughan
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. - Sarah Vaughan
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.
I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit. - Sarah Vaughan
I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.
I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised in it, from way back. I'm not puttin… - Sarah Vaughan
I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised in it, from way back. I'm not puttin…
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice. - Sarah Vaughan
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.
I don't feel like a big star. - Sarah Vaughan
I don't feel like a big star.
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company. - Sarah Vaughan
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. - Sarah Vaughan
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things. - Sarah Vaughan
I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things.
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