Different Quote by Fergie

I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I…

— Ira Kaplan

I come from probably many generations of singers because my grandmother had a really incredible voice and sang in church. And my mother had…

— Patty Griffin

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

— Adam Lambert

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

— Kiri Te Kanawa

When I was growing up... I'm not going to say I listened to everything, but when it comes to vocals, I was really adamant…

— Kelela

There's lots of singers that I love; I don't know if I used any of them as role models. Maybe I would have been…

— Mark Lanegan

I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I…

— Billy Joel

I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to…

— Nellie McKay

A lot of singers entered the industry with me. A lot of them struggled. Many have not been able to make it but some…

— Javed Ali

It takes a long time to find your own voice. Along the way, you imitate all the things that influence you - in my…

— Dave Gahan

The reason that some singers go on to become great artists has very little to do with their voices, but rather with the fact…

— Renee Fleming

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

— Jessica Mauboy