Rita Coolidge

I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

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Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#back #bolt #burglar #by the time #chain

I choose things by how they resonate in my heart. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

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

— Rita Coolidge

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

— Rita Coolidge

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

— Rita Coolidge

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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

#challenge #challenges #come #excellence #go

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

— Rita Coolidge

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

— Rita Coolidge

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I've always loved jazz. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#i #jazz #loved