Soulful Voice Quotes

Close to my heart is Muddy Waters. I love the way he sang. It was almost like a bark. It was like the bark of a dog: it's not fancy. Sometimes it's not like singing; it's like shouting.

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

I would love to play Janis Gaye in the Marvin Gaye story. If they ever do the Marvin Gaye story, I would love to play Janis - just throwing that out there.

I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.

The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.

I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She [Nina Simone] was a great teacher.

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.

Letizia Gambi is a stunning vocalist

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.

I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.

My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin.

I've always been very emotional when I sing.

John Legend is a cool guy. He likes to chill, is easy to talk to and hang out with. He's also inspiring on a musical level.

I could hear your heart and soul come through your voice!

Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.

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.

Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway.

To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.

I'm not a blues singer, I'm a diva.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.

I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.