A Quote by Diana Ross

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

Diana Ross

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Diana Ross
American - Actress
Born: March 26, 1944

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.

Susannah McCorkle

I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.

Ruth Brown

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.

Erykah Badu

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.

Tony Bennett

When I first studied Billie Holiday's life story years ago, I admit that I was quite judgmental.

Rebecca Ferguson

My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.

Tim Curry

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

Barbra Streisand

When I heard Billie Holiday's voice, Nina Simone's and Ella Fitzgerald's - there was something about their voices to me that was such a different texture than what I was used to listening to at the time. Hearing those jazz voices were so different, and I think I just gravitated toward it.

Andra Day

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

Etta James

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

Nichelle Nichols

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.

Erykah Badu

The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever.

Robbie Robertson

I think my first musical memory is actually listening to Billie Holiday. I think I must have been, like, 3 or 4 years old.

Jose James

Amazon.com isn't the same as going down an aisle. The same as record stores. You'll go for Billie Holiday, and you buy Gustav Mahler as you're going out the door.