It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I met musician Ken Farmer in Lorne and he lent me all of his Bessie Smith blues LPs. That's when I started… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like… — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
With someone like Cole Porter, Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, or Bessie Smith, you had people who understood emotion, could translate it into… — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
“Billie Holiday Her imperfect life led to her becoming a legendary performer with a continuing influence on American music. Born Eleanora Fagan… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Ugyanabban a hónapban, amikor Parker „Rezümé”-jét olvasom – „A penge fáj / A folyó nyirkos / A sav csúfít / Méreg görcsöt… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
I do - very specifically, I remember Bessie Smith; I used to collect 78 records that I would buy from the St… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer… — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My role models came in my imagination, from what I'd heard on the radio or on record... Vera Lynn I loved, but… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
“But behind each player stood a line of ghosts unable to win. Eve. Ashputtel. Marilyn Monroe. Rapunzel slashing wildly at her hair.… — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
“What can we learn from women like Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday that we may not be able to… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
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