Famous Singers Quotes

I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.

I'd like to do something with Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr., Tim McGraw, Justin Timberlake, and Gwen Stefani.

You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em.

I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.

My favourites are Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi. They are the four legends. I have worked with them in hundreds of songs.

Adele is selling millions of records, and everybody tries to sing like Adele.

My parents, Aparesh and Bansari Lahiri were very famous singers from Kolkata.

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

I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.

I love divas. Madonna, Mariah, Beyonce, Britney.

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.

It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.

People like Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Antonio Aguilar, Pedro Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez - these are probably all names that many people don't know, but they are very popular in the music industry. They were people that I grew up listening to and aspiring to be like one day.

Musically, I'm always inspired by the legends like Barbra Streisand.

I got to record at Capital Records, which was especially awesome. You see all those big singers like Ariana Grande, Beyonce: they're all recording at Capital. It was really cool to be there every single day and just hang out.

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.

Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.

I came out with my five-piece group and opened at Billy Burke's Swing Oar. This was when Hollywood was really jumpin'. This was when Frankie Laine used to come in and ask if he could sing a number.

I had the great opportunity to work with some of the greatest artists - the Beach Boys, the Temptations, the Four Tops. Otis Redding. Wilson Pickett. Stevie Wonder. So many great singers. And don't forget Clarence Carter!

I really like Rihanna. And I actually do like Justin Bieber. I like the Weeknd. I like Katy Perry.

My parents are actually very famous singers in Bulgaria. My dad was in a rock band, and my mom was in a pop group. They met, fell in love, and actually formed a group together to escape the country because it was Communist, and they couldn't leave. They didn't know any English but eventually found their way to America.

In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.

When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.

How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?