I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
“When I was around 19 years old, working in the college library, I was talking to a friend of mine and this… — Wanda Lea Brayton Copy Share Image
I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I'm influenced a lot by Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, even Paul Weller - Billie Holiday as well: People who wrote and sang… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin. Now, they are so subtle, they can milk you with two notes. They can make you feel like… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
Yeah. My singing and my songs were very influenced by all of that. People would come up to me and ask, Is… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever. — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“And if Mozart is for Sundays, who do you listen to the rest of the week?" "Louis Armstrong on Mondays, Frank Sinatra… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
“I thought a voice had to be about what you could do. It wasn’t until I heard Billie Holiday that I realized… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
