Melanie Fiona Quotes

I get really excited about other female acts. I feel inspired when I see another women succeeding in music because it makes me realize that if they can do it, I can do it.

One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.

I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.

For me personally, I just try to prove myself in my work. I'm just trying to get better at what I do, and hopefully that will impact women in music, and hopefully the girls in the crowd will see my up there as a bandleader and think, 'Wow, maybe I can do that one day.'

I love Priyanka Chopra mainly because she is a self-made woman.

I love Pink, and I love Christina Aguilera. Something about Christina always inspires me to do things that are really different.

Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.

I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.

I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

I felt connected with Madonna from a very young age. I think I share a lot of qualities from her personality. I really respect her.

Taylor Swift - I can't say enough good things about her. I admire her so much as a person and as a role model for young women.

I would love to meet Kelly Clarkson and if I get the chance to I would tell her thank you so much for the inspiration.

I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women.

Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there.

I definitely want to play someone who's inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much.

If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'

Beyonce is one of my inspirations. Her attitude, her style, her voice... she's perfect.

I feel like I'm a very good role model for women.

My pump-up songs before I compete are not the usual. They're more girly songs. I love 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus. It's about the journey and savoring every moment. I have 'The World's Greatest' by R. Kelly on my playlist, too.

I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place.