Always Quote by Chad Gilbert

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

— Diana Ross

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.

— Frank Sinatra

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

— Serena Williams

Everything sounds better when Billie sings it, so the only ones I'll keep for myself are ones that really feel just super personal to…

— Finneas

The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all other than how…

— Tre Cool

I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.

— Abbey Lincoln

[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I…

— Jose James

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day always says we were influences on him, because he does melodic but distorted, like what we were doing.…

— Charlotte Caffey

Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.

— Mike Dirnt

I've learned a lot from my mom and my dad. I learn a lot every time I watch Billie perform.

— Finneas

I'm a huge fan of Green Day's album 'American Idiot'; it was just a whole, very thorough experience.

— Aquaria

Green Day is a band that you always felt had something to say, whether it was about the times or love or heartache.

— Tom Kitt