I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was… — Jimmy Scott Copy Share Image
I just wanted to do a music show, with the whole realm of music from Ella Fitzgerald to rock bands like Cream… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I started singing, I had this lower register alto sound, which resonated with the darker timbres of voices like Ella Fitzgerald,… — Laufey Copy Share Image
There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it.… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr.,… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to all kinds of music. When I came up, you would hear people like Marvin Gaye talking about… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
The best vocalists I can think of are female. There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald.… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK,… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The window in which it's acceptable to listen to Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 record 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas' is short, so… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
I just used to love the sound of especially a female vocal like Ella Fitzgerald for example, it's just that empowering self-control… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting.… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
My parents were into The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughn, and all those people sung the most… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
I started off working with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington at 9. Then on to working with Elvis and… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
I was into all sorts of music as a kid. I was very curious about ethnic music and different styles. I loved… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to music, and women like Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Tina Turner showed the path,… — Pearl Mackie Copy Share Image
