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The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways that were…

— Dianne Reeves

I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very…

— Jose James

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

— Diana Ross

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

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

I really like Billie Holiday's husky voice, and I'd definitely like to find out more about her.

— Michelle Ryan

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

— Frank Sinatra

I really like Billie Eilish's music. It's really different. My music ain't like hers but I like her music, her vibe.

— Anuel AA

I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that Bessie Smith…

— Billie Holiday

“Was her whole life going to be like this now, avoiding certain songs or music that reminded her of her mistakes? Billie Holiday made…

— Cecily von Ziegesar

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

— Nichelle Nichols