Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughanwas an American jazz singer, described by music critic Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth27 March 1924
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician shoulder sit
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.
gun competition skirts
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.
singing jazz born
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 talk to me without all that question bit.
money heart broken
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.
stars fame bigs
I don't feel like a big star.
music voice soul
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.
music dream records
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
wise song people
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.
music notes knows
There are notes between notes, you know.
song taste singers
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
passive powerful puts
It puts us in a passive place sometimes, but it can also put (women) in a powerful place.