American idol Quote by Simon Cowell

I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.

— Ruth Brown

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

— Joni Mitchell

As soon as I could speak, I was singing. Before I could even speak full words, I would make up ones to sing and…

— Elle Varner

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

— Kiri Te Kanawa

I was singing before I could talk.

— Shelby Lynne

I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.

— Wynton Marsalis

I didn't even know what 'The Voice' was, but my mom said, 'I signed you up for this singing show,' and I was like,…

— Morgan Wallen

I had to sing Britney's '...Baby One More Time' for Freaky Friday, and I'm not a singer. There I was in this L.A. neighborhood,…

— Chad Michael Murray

Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin. Now, they are so subtle, they can milk you with two notes. They can make you feel like they told…

— Janis Joplin

“She was like a song on the radio that touches a person so profoundly they call the station just to find out who sang…

— Michael Banebrook

I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.

— Gary Cherone

Your voice was the soundtrack of my life

— Babloo