Heard Quote by Steve Vai

Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio…

— Leo Kottke

You can't imitate; all our faces are constructed differently... and the vocal cords; otherwise, we'd all sound alike. I don't think anybody should ever…

— Beverly Sills

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

— Phil Collen

When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am…

— Elliott Yamin

It's not imitating anything; it has become a better version of itself.

— Brandon Sanderson

I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by…

— Ronnie Wood

I just started mimicking what I heard and singing along to it.

— Bryson Tiller

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which…

— Chrissie Hynde

There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original,

— Paris Hilton

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

It depends on the material. Sometimes I sound like him, sometimes not. There are certain tunes we do that are so familiar to the…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

The first artist that did it for me with just production was James Blake... I was just blown away... I feel like James Blake…

— Kirstin Maldonado