The only thing better than singing is more singing. - Ella Fitzgerald

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there. - Maria Callas

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true? - Oscar Hammerstein II

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music. - Billie Holiday

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. - Aretha Franklin