Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in…

Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is one of…

— Diana Krall

Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more…

— William Bell

Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

— Chuck Berry

One of the things that I love about Sarah Vaughan is that she was always very current.

— Dianne Reeves

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries…

— Claron McFadden

Sarah Vaughan was the Charlie Parker of the vocalists during the 1950s.

— Roy Haynes

The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I was growing…

— Dianne Reeves

I listened to everything. To the early Motown groups - the Four Tops and the Temptations - to Johnny Mathis, Gloria Lynne - my…

— Jeffrey Osborne

“is a source of constant wonder to me how I came to have such a cork-brained parent. However, I have not the slightest reason…

— Georgette Heyer

I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

— Dirk Nowitzki

Music lives in my mother - she's played in bands in Detroit and toured and did the whole thing. So I have somebody who's…

— India Arie

My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart.

— Keala Settle

There weren't any schools in my village, so I learnt to read and write from my mother. I played in the fields, sowing seeds,…

— Sonam Wangchuk

I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a…

— Johnny Cash

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

— Johnny Winter