About Quote by Diana Ross Download Open image “The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'” — Diana Ross ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Billie holiday First First time Firsts Great Heard Holiday Record Records Thought Time
The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways that were unique to each of us. Her uniqueness was very much a part of the way she sang the songs, the story she wanted to tell through the songs. I didn't really have a full understanding of… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share
When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth. — Tom Wopat Copy Share Image
I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
I always looked up to Billie Joe because every song on Green Day's albums was catchy and good. — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
I really pulled from that repertoire that Billie Holiday was singing, and the way she sang it. It's sort of this beautiful, not really… — Jose James 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 down in… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do. — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time. — Ruth Brown Copy Share Image
I really like Billie Holiday's husky voice, and I'd definitely like to find out more about her. — Michelle Ryan Copy Share Image
You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind! — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Discipline is a necessary tool to help you get what you want in life. It forces you to stay on center and to move… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
It seems like I don't have a lot of time for all the things I need to do. I'm spreading myself fairly thin. I… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
Years ago I wanted to buy an apartment in New York City. I was a single female - I had gone through my divorce… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
If we hold on together I know our dreams will never die Dreams see us through to forever Where clouds roll by For you… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
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I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very very strange. — Judith Durham Copy Share