Ella Quote by Bill Ward

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner

My vocal influences are a lot of jazz singers: Billie Holiday, Julie London, they had this tenderness to their voice.

— Borns

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and…

— Yael Naim

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.

— Estelle

If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.

— Haley Reinhart

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

— Adam Lambert

I definitely take influences from my idols David Bowie and Billy Joel. I've combined them with the Frankie Grande-isms that I've cultivated over singing…

— Frankie Grande

I grew up singing a lot of Martina McBride, Shania and LeAnn Rimes, and because of my age, those were my main influences.

— Cassadee Pope

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

— Kiri Te Kanawa

My big influences are piano artists like Billy Joel and Elton John.

— Kyle Dunnigan

There's a jazz influence in my music in general.

— Alexandre Desplat