Quote Originally Posted by thanxal View Post
Some of her jazz or bluesy stuff was really good. I heard her sing some jazz standards at one point and thought to myself, “why isn’t she heading in THAT direction”.? She was really, really good at that. It could have been particularly fruitful for her.
Mary just didn't know what to do with herself. I don't think she ever had anyone in her corner advising her to capitalize off of her strengths. It's mind boggling that she didn't fix herself to firmly go in this direction. She could've been signed to one of the jazz labels, recorded some albums, maybe even won a Grammy. What could have been...