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Sarah Vaughan

singer, jazz musician, pianist

1924 – 1990

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".

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I've always been a Democrat; it runs in my family.

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

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

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

There are notes between notes, you know.

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

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

Sarah Vaughan

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

Sarah Vaughan