"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 Music See all quotes by Sarah Vaughan →

React to this quote

More by Sarah Vaughan

“There are notes between notes, you know.”

“I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.”

“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.”

“When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.”

“My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.”

“There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.”

Resonant Thoughts

"For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel...Thus is the Devil ever God's ape."

— Martin Luther

Religion1906–1985

#religion

"For when a nation becomes civilized, if it does not drop human sacrifices altogether, it at least selects as victims only such wretches as would be put to death at any rate. Thus the killing of a god …"

— James Frazer

Literature1854–1941

#religion

"…what I’ve learned about it throughout the years is that it’s my way of giving voice to the often voiceless; I write mostly about the sort of people on the opposite end of flush, and so when I hear th…"

— Matthew Paul Olmos

Literature

#knowledge

"Sangakkara: It's a great sport to play. It's a very special sport because it's one that's got a certain character to it that is not present in other sports. But there's also an expectation of a cricke…"

— Kumar Sangakkara

1977

#time