Even Quote by Miles Davis

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

— Miles Davis

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

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

— Lawrence Welk

Prince was the greatest living performer. He took James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and every female diva, put them all together and made it his…

— Peaches

My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot…

— Arlo Parks

I don't know Prince's music like the back of my hand, but I was always a fan of him as an artist - just…

— Amine

So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis.…

— Ed Smith

Elton John is a huge influence and an artist I've listened to since I was a little girl.

— Sara Bareilles

I thought it was so cool that all you knew about Prince was about his artistry and music.

— Max Martin

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.

— Marlee Matlin

Prince didn't want to sound like Michael Jackson. Neither of them wanted to sound like Luther Vandross. They didn't want to sound like David…

— Warryn Campbell

I'm always thinking about Prince when I make my music and how genre-less he was and just how versatile and amazing he was on…

— Gabriella Wilson