Been Quote by Justin Vernon

I didn't know what kind of sound I wanted to make. I didn't have no influences. I just heard my voice in the microphone…

— Blueface

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

— Kiri Te Kanawa

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

— Madonna Ciccone

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I…

— Charley Pride

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

— Vic Mensa

I'm a singer and a songwriter. It's hard to describe what I sound like when I sing.

— Murray Head

That was how I had developed my singing style in the first place - imitating other singers like George Michael and Richard Marx.

— Marc Martel

I can't just sing karaoke; I can't do anything to try to sound like other people. I have to find what I naturally sound…

— Brynn Cartelli

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things…

— Mose Allison

I want to experiment with my voice and music because people have type-casted me as a soft ballad singer. I have to break that…

— Jubin Nautiyal

I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

— Brooke Fraser

Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.

— Bill Ward