Frank Sinatra Quotes

I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.

And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.

Thank you Prince for all of your inspiration and sharing your increadible talents with the world. You will be incredibly missed.

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

There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to be for as long as he chooses.

Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

I loved Prince then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.

Prince, sad to say, has passed on!!!He was a Giant. My deep condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.

Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.

John Lennon was a musical genius. All I have to do is think of some of his songs and even the titles make me feel good... and I'm not the only one. His music has crossed cultures and even generations.

Like every artist that comes out, you want to make a mark; you want to be a household name and you want to be someone that people are going to look back in ten years/fifteen years' time and go, 'I love this guy Olly Murs. He was brilliant back in the day; he was someone I really, really liked.'

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres.

When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.

I always said the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.

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.

Prince is gone. But the music will go on.

I make a timeless music. I think I've made my mark as a lyricist and as an innovator and as a tastemaker.

He is irreplaceable. Even in death I have no doubt that Johnny Cash will continue to live on as an inspiration to musicians and songwriters and all of America.

I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.

You can't really take it for granted that people listen to your music. I want to write songs that are on par, at least in my mind, with the ones I've loved for my whole life and that will be around forever.