Aurora Quotes

Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.

I've never seen Madonna. I just grew up listening to her music - I want to see her.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then there's Bob Dylan songs. He's one step ahead of just everybody else.

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.

I thought he was the greatest thing. Bob Dylan.

I have no doubt that if I met Bob Dylan, it would be disappointing - and annoying to him. But that's why I like Bob Dylan.

When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.

I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.

Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!'

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.

I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.

Bob Dylan is the Jew of all time.

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

The enthusiasm, the adulation for us as jazz artists, in Kiev and Odessa was really heartwarming.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing.