Ari Lennox Quotes

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

Mariah Carey was the first singer I ever listened to.

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.

Beyonce is cool, and she can really sing.

Like, it's fun for me to sing 'I Think We're Alone Now.' But when 'Could've Been' comes out as a single, that's a ballad and really shows my voice; then people will say, 'Hey, this girl really can sing.'

I always sang Leona Lewis covers, and if you know her songs, she's not just singing your average easy song; she's going off the majority of the time.

I'm a huge closet Mariah Carey fan - she's got one of the best voices probably ever.

Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me!

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.

I'd really like to work with Gwen Stefani and Cee Lo.

Christina Aguilera is an incredible musician and singer.

Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the USA' kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful.

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.

I don't know if I want her to sing it with us, but I'm curious to what type of song Taylor Swift would write for us. I'm curious to see what kind of pen she would write for TLC. Or like an Adam Levine. Somebody like that. They're phenomenal writers.

I love pop music. I listen to it; I think you can hear it in my songwriting and my album. I'd definitely say it's country-pop music, but it's country first.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

I think there were a couple really good songs on 'Whirlygig.'

I would love to do a video with Harry Styles and sit with him and talk about, like, his music and One Direction and everything he has going on and all his amazing songs that have been coming out.

I always wanted to do my solo album in English, because I grew up listening to a lot of pop artists and English-based songs.

The Monsters & Strangerz, I love them so much.

I've always been interested in Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Leona Lewis.