Sarah Vaughan Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 18 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Sarah Vaughan.
Famous Quotes By Sarah Vaughan
I just get onstage and sing. I don't think about how I'm going to do it - it's too complicated. — Sarah Vaughan
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. — Sarah Vaughan
The night I won at the Apollo, I was only doing it for the $10. — Sarah Vaughan
I just sing. I sing whatever I can. — Sarah Vaughan
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. — Sarah Vaughan
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. — Sarah Vaughan
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. — Sarah Vaughan
You have to have a little soul in your singing. The kind of soul that's in the spirituals. That's why I'd like to include spiritual material in the sets I do. It's a part of my life. — Sarah Vaughan
I don't think I ever modeled myself after a singer. I've more or less copied the styles of horn-tooters right from the start. — Sarah Vaughan
I just quit in the third year of high school and started singing at amateur hours. — Sarah Vaughan
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company. — Sarah Vaughan
When I sing a tune, the lyrics are important to me. Most of the standard lyrics I know well. And as soon as I hear an arrangement, I get ideas, kind of like blowing a horn. I guess I never sing a tune the same way twice. — Sarah Vaughan
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. — Sarah Vaughan
Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got. — Sarah Vaughan
I don't feel like a big star. — Sarah Vaughan