American singer-songwriter, Birth: 8-4-1922, Death: 10-11-1994
1.
Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.
Carmen McRae
2.
... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.
Carmen McRae
3.
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.