“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

Interview, The Montreal Mirror, 1976

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American jazz singer 1924–1990

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