History Quote by Greil Marcus

Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had…

— Nate Ruess

Music didn't really occur to me. Michael Jordan and Batman were my favorite two entities then. Michael Jackson was there, but I didn't really…

— Willis Earl Beal

Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.

— Sonny Bono

I didn't love Jim Morrison. There was something very reptilian about him. And I didn't care for his singing, but his band! The Doors…

— Linda Ronstadt

I don't know much about contemporary music. I do have an iPod but I listen to a lot of old blues. I listen to…

— Robert Pattinson

I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged poetry and…

— Patti Smith

“It was not even necessary for people to know how to sing to be considered rock musicians. Bob Dylan had no clue, but that…

— Frans Johansson

I don't think a good singer or a great singer is either of those things without a great song.

— LP

I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

— Mike Love

You know, a singer is only as good as the song.

— Lorrie Morgan

Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare…

— Bob Dylan

Some people can't sing - like honestly - but they're famous anyway, and they might be famous for being an artist, which is completely…

— Zara Larsson