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Rita Coolidge
American
Musician
Born:
May 1
,
1944
Been
Jazz
Jazz Record
Me
Think
You
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I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.
Rita Coolidge
Heart
Resonate
How
Choose
Things
I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.
Rita Coolidge
First
Jazz
Record
Recorded
Jazz Record
I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.
Rita Coolidge
Jazz
Record
Make
Want
Wanted
Jazz Record
Standards
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.
Rita Coolidge
People
Jazz
Record
Like
Singers
Make
Talked
Been
Lot
Friendly
Very
Decide
Pop
Jazz Record
Who
Radio
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.
Rita Coolidge
Me
Challenges
Challenge
Jazz
Think
Incredible
Excellence
Studio
Come
Always
Go
Up
Level
Players
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.
Rita Coolidge
Life
Music
Me
Experience
Human Being
Wealth
Lifetime
Road
Greater
Makes
Got
Source
Tap
Human
Being
Different
Experiencing
Information
Richer
Whole
Players
I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
Rita Coolidge
You
Jazz
Think
Pedigree
Radio
I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.
Rita Coolidge
Dream
Staying
True
Come
Stopping
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
Rita Coolidge
Key
Space
Valuable
Everything
Peggy
Peggy Lee
Out
About
Voice
Powerful
Instrument
Lee
Front
Subtlety
Cluttered
Use
Her
When I sang that song, I felt it was almost as if some force had moved into my body. Things like that have only happened to me singing jazz. It doesn't happen when singing pop. I get so deeply into the music, it feels like I've become someone else.
Rita Coolidge
Music
Me
Song
Singing
Become
Jazz
Else
Some
Someone
Only
Had
Almost
Feels
Like
Force
Felt
Get
Moved
Happen
Happened
Pop
Body
Sang
Deeply
Things
Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.
Rita Coolidge
Beautiful
Best
Me
Listening
Job
Down
Input
Tribute
About
Something
Marvelous
Absolutely
Songs
Were
Sellers
Bunch
Did
Sitting
Where
Packaging
Chose
Universal
You know, I'm pretty much an open book.
Rita Coolidge
You
Book
Pretty
Open
Open Book
Know
Much
I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.
Rita Coolidge
Heart
Say
Concerts
I don't think I was considered to be a cabaret singer because I didn't have patter that was written.
Rita Coolidge
Think
Considered
Cabaret
Written
Singer
Because
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