Rita Coolidge Quotes & Sayings

23 most famous Rita Coolidge quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's an 80 year old American musician born on May 1, 1944.

“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.”

“The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration.”

“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.”

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

“I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”