Genius Quote by Johnny Mathis

Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he…

— Bruce Forsyth

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

— B. B. King

I like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and Dean Martin, who was my favorite, you know.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

Luther Vandross and I met in Roberta Flack's band. He was singing background, I was playing bass, and Roberta was beautiful. She's like the…

— Marcus Miller

John Lennon was brilliant, so gifted, so giving. He was the Bach, Beethoven, the Rachmaninoff of our time.

— Sid Bernstein

Johnny Guitar... just one of my favorite singers of all time. I met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis…

— Etta James

Eric Clapton was such a great player. He sounds like he's Freddie King or someone like that. He plays the roots of blues and…

— Orianthi

With Prince especially... he was a really great songwriter and keyboardist and singer and was so good at so many different things, you couldn't…

— St. Lucia

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get…

— Burning Spear

I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot!

— Colin Mochrie

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to…

— Johnny Mathis

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still,…

— Dave Grohl