Carmen McRae quotes
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“Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.”
-- Carmen McRae -
“... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.”
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“Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.”
-- Carmen McRae
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“Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.”
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Source : "Adrianne Palicki: The Woman of Your Dreams". Interview with Gerilyn Manago, www.menshealth.com. March 29, 2013.
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“The music has always been my bread and butter, and I've focused more of my attention on that.”
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“I tasted the bread and wine of equality.”
Source : Anzia Yezierska (1950). “Red ribbon on a white horse”
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