31 Quotes by 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.

I said to George, 'Why don't you manage me?' He looked at me, a little bit surprised. Then he replied, 'Sure, Sass, I'll manage you, but it would be even better if we managed each other.' The next morning, we got our marriage license at the court.

Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got.

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.

I just quit in the third year of high school and started singing at amateur hours.

Horns always influenced me more than voices.

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

The night I won at the Apollo, I was only doing it for the $10.

Choir singing's a wonderful thing for what ails you. There's a lot of meaning in a hymn if you think about it when you're singing it.