Mark Lanegan Quotes

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

The past is filled with people who aren't traditionally thought of as fantastic singers singing these songs that capture people; songs like 'Louie Louie.' I just aim toward that, and I think I've gotten better at it.

I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.

I'm a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.

To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

I'm a fan boy when it comes to Michael Buble. He's just so good at 'it'. He's got a voice of this generation, but he's like a time capsule; he's got a voice that could have fit in anywhere over the last hundred years. It's stellar.

Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.

Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.

Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her.

Freddie Mercury made a lot of sense to me even though I didn't understand the lyrics.

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.

The thing about Shaggy's records are those records are very timeless.

I like Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' because it's got a nice low singing voice.

David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.

Destiny's Child I grew up on hard core. Like, I can't tell you how much I love the three of them so much and what they had to offer.

She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I'm not Diana, but people know me from the stuff that I've done. And that stuff, those videos, live forever and will continue to be discovered by a new users.

There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie.

My mother is an amazing vocalist and a lot of my grounding in music has come from her. She was a student of Lakshmi Shankar, my father's sister- in- law.

I've got these die-hard fans on Facebook, and you'd swear they haven't heard anything I've done since 1962, 1963.

Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations.

When I was three years old, one of the first albums I ever heard was Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall.'

Beyonce's the only contemporary artist that I really, really idolize.