I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.

Next quotes

• Sarah Vaughan:

  What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gu

• Sarah Vaughan:

  There are notes between notes, you know.

• Sarah Vaughan:

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

• Sarah Vaughan:

  You have to have a little soul in your singing. The kind of soul that's in the spirituals. That's w

• Sarah Vaughan:

  Horns always influenced me more than voices.

• Sarah Vaughan:

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

• Sarah Vaughan:

  When I sing a tune, the lyrics are important to me. Most of the standard lyrics I know well. And as

• Sarah Vaughan:

  I just get onstage and sing. I don't think about how I'm going to do it - it's too complicated.

• Sarah Vaughan:

  I just sing. I sing whatever I can.

• Sarah Vaughan:

  I don't think I ever modeled myself after a singer. I've more or less copied the styles of horn-too