Billie holiday Quote by Leslie Uggams

I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole.…

— Cheyenne Jackson

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole,…

— Gloria Estefan

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon…

— Jake Epstein

I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a…

— Madeleine Peyroux

I was in elementary school, going to school knowing Rick James, Aretha Franklin, way before my time.

— Inspectah Deck

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

— Frank Sinatra

I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10 years older than I was.

— Tony Bennett

I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and…

— Imelda May

I was 5 years old when I first broke into my mother's records and played Nat King Cole, and sat alongside the stereo and…

— Gregory Porter

My dad was a club musician. He was always playing guitar and playing loads of soul records and '60s rock n' roll. Whenever he…

— Sam Fender

A lot of my friends, they think I grew up to rock and roll, but I didn't. I grew up to Hank Williams, Jimmy…

— Dion DiMucci

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

— Len Cariou