Listening Quote by Dee Rees

One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will…

— Chaka Khan

Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.

— Jane Siberry

As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni…

— Alanis Morissette

The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to Mary J.…

— Mary J. Blige

I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music.

— Gabby Barrett

I grew up listening to Dolly Parton and just loving her music.

— Diana DeGarmo

My mom was obsessed with Joni Mitchell; I grew up listening to so much of her music. But it was never a prerogative to…

— Weyes Blood

“Talking with her was like listening to a ballad on a radio station that fades in and out as you drive, sometimes clear and…

— Jeff Sharlet

I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great…

— Zooey Deschanel

In my musically formative years, I grew up listening to Suzy Bogguss, Trisha Yearwood, Terri Clark.

— Ashley McBryde

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

— Johnny Mathis

It's a music video but she was real specific on the character that Mary J. Blige was playing, and that I was playing in…

— Blair Underwood