Down and Quote by Lucinda Williams

My vocal influences are a lot of jazz singers: Billie Holiday, Julie London, they had this tenderness to their voice.

— Borns

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

— David Baker

You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they…

— Nipsey Hussle

The great jazz and jazz-influenced singers carry themselves with a certain panache and a certain elegance and, for lack of a better word, self-confidence.

— Kurt Elling

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

— Mose Allison

Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz singers out…

— Al Jarreau

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

That's the thing: There are so many art songs in jazz. It's a much more rich experience for the singer than people think.

— Kurt Elling

Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to…

— Larry Carlton

I wouldn't really call myself a Jazz singer I think it's offending to real Jazz singers to call me a Jazz singer.

— Katie Melua

Everyone tried to be a singer other than just a player. We had four voices in The Moody Blues.

— Denny Laine

I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the…

— Gladys Knight