A Quote by Ethel Waters

No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
American - Musician
October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977

My favorite singer is Ella Fitzgerald.

Brian J. Smith

I always liked Nat King Cole. I always wanted to go my own way, but I always favoured other singers like Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald - I loved Ella Fitzgerald. There are so many of them. Nina Simone was one of my favourites - Johnny Mathis.

Billy Paul

Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum.

Yasmine Hamdan

I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort of soulful singer.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

The window in which it's acceptable to listen to Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 record 'Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas' is short, so I keep it in heavy rotation throughout the festive season.

Sally Rooney

There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it. Her voice has just this immaculate sadness - even in happy songs, there was something that was so broken about it.

Hozier

The best vocalists I can think of are female. There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it. Her voice has just this immaculate sadness - even in happy songs, there was something that was so broken about it.

Hozier

I don't know how much more what I've done is any more important than what Ella Fitzgerald did. Ella crossed those lines, as did George Benson before me. There've been lots of people who brought a pop audience to jazz because they were able to link the two and give people easy access to the world of jazz.

Al Jarreau

I sleep music. I wake up, and there's a riff in my head. Every step I take, there's a riff, a beat, or something.

Joey Jordison

I would love to sing with Ella Fitzgerald.

Crystal Waters

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

Elle Varner

If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.

Vincente Minnelli

I go back to, like, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Elvis. I listen to everything.

Myles Garrett

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.

Estelle

I'm in love with the way that Ella Fitzgerald delivered a lyric. She would deliver a lyric with the kind of clarity that would make you wonder why it was written, and make you think about the writer. I think every writer hopes an Ella of any genre or anytime gets a hold of their work and works the song like that.

Lizz Wright

I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work.

Johnny Mathis

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