I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.
I think without a doubt there will never be a voice like Judy Garland.
My nasal voice has given me recognition.
My voice makes the genre because I sound like me on all my songs - I've made my own genre: Jorja Smith.
Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.
I'm drawn to singers who have something different to say vocally, and Adele would be in there.
I think when we do our job right, our artists don't sound like anybody else. I have a real hard time with voices that sound like other big voices.
There's a lot of women now with a whole lot of style but they are not necessarily song stylists. Some of their style is a lot like me and a lot of people sound a lot alike - you can't tell them apart.
I like people like Tina Turner, Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, and Stevie Nicks; you only hear that person in their voice, they sound like nobody else.
One of the most distinctive things about our band is Jordan's voice. It stands out - in a good way for some people and in a bad way for others. But there's no mistaking it. That gives us a lot of room to do what we want musically. With Jordan singing, it'll always sound like New Found Glory.
So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's unrepeatable.
