Quotes About Appreciation

I loved Celine Dion. I loved Whitney Houston and these big powerhouse vocals.

People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to anything from Bob Dylan to Massive Attack to Aerosmith to En Vogue. We very much enjoy all that music.

I'm, for real, the biggest En Vogue fan.

I really liked Kishore Kumar. He had a virile man's voice, and he was truly versatile.

I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time was Brandy. I fell in love with her voice when I was six years old. I always loved Brandy.

Cee Lo - to me, his voice is classic; I've personally said to him before, 'For me, your voice is as special as a Michael Jackson vocal,' because of what he can do, his range. I said that to him, and I mean that.

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.

I think people really like my voice, the way I sing, the things I put in a song.

I have got a lot of appreciation from people and they really like my voice in Sufi songs, so I will continue with that, but I'm also experimenting with other types of songs.

I personally didn't realize people would enjoy my voice, I guess. I'm happy that they do, but I didn't know what to expect.

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

Guided By Voices was huge when I was 16. Then I got into the Beatles, then classical music, Beethoven.

The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices.

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

Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.

I've been a fan of accents my whole life. I love trying to parrot or mimic voices that I hear every day, whether it's a geographical accent or just somebody with a funny voice who sells you your newspaper and your cigarettes.

I don't need the big accolades when I die. Hit me with a couple good little ones: Kiss, one of the best voices in rap history.

I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.

I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What they have in common is they all have incredible voices. I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

Adele's voice is incredible. Chet Baker also has one of my favorite voices of all time, and so does Joni Mitchell. And Frank Black. Oh, and Stevie Nicks.

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

I came late to Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention. I don't know why, but that's the beauty of music - songs and voices are there when you need them, when you're ready to find them, whether in their time or after.

There are just so many brilliant voices out there. I'm not the funniest person out there, I'm not the best interviewer. I'm not the best at anything, but I really just am a big fan of everyone. I'm really driven by trying to make sure that representation is out there.

I've known Russell Allen for over a decade now, and I've always thought he was a very underrated singer. He has one of the best voices in the business I've ever heard.