I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

Quote by Rita Coolidge

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I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got...

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got...

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz...

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible...

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible...

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

You know, I'm pretty much an open book.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push...

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push...

I've always loved jazz.

I've always loved jazz.

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of...

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of...

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have...

I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have...

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September....

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September....

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.

I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the...

I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the...

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with...

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with...

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use...

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use...

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It...

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It...

I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards...

I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards...

When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had...

When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had...