America Quote by Miriam Makeba

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing…

— Robert Wyatt

I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson,…

— Jimmy Scott

I belonged to the Columbia Record Club, and that's where my records came from. For some reason, I was in the 'jazz' category. I…

— Leon Russell

My mother was the only musician. She played piano and she sang. She also played saxophone. And she played at home a lot.

— David Steward

I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.

— Ophelia Lovibond

I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in…

— Luke James

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner

I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort of soulful…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I grew up a huge Roy Orbison fan. He had such a crazy range. And I grew up listening to old jazz, Billie Holiday,…

— Borns

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

— Bob Iger

I don't know how much more what I've done is any more important than what Ella Fitzgerald did. Ella crossed those lines, as did…

— Al Jarreau