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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
No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. -- Ethel Waters
I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige. -- Estelle
I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald. -- Lena Horne
I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister. -- Carol Ann Duffy
I also met, early on Ella Fitzgerald. Her songbooks are some of the most amazing bodies of work. -- Johnny Mathis
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. -- Dionne Warwick
I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone. -- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era. -- Bob Iger
I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown. -- Joanna Noelle Levesque
The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52. -- Boris Vian
When my daughter was born, I called her Ella Bella Mandela, because she was born the day after Mandela was released from prison. -- Phil Daniels
My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up on stage, 'Lorde' is a character. -- Lorde
Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. -- Norman Granz
I believe that a hundred years from now, when people look back at the 20th century, they will look at Miles, Bird, Clifford Brown, Ella and Dizzy, among elders as our Mozarts, our Chopins, our Bachs and Beethovens. -- Quincy Jones
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in the house, so I learned my vocabulary from song lyrics - I was literally singing before I was talking. -- Dan Hill
That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you. -- Lucy Punch
I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do. -- Gladys Knight
When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well. -- George Shearing
My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting. I'm closer to Led Zeppelin as a vocalist than to Ella Fitzgerald. It was torture dealing with major labels. -- Alison Moyet
I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. -- Dionne Warwick
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived. -- John Henrik Clarke
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song 'I'm Old-Fashioned,' as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. -- Julia Glass
I've missed you, Ella May -- Jessica Sorensen
Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. -- Elvis Costello
The premieres are, kind of exciting, especially to Ella, who loves limousines. -- Kelly Preston
If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald. -- Vincente Minnelli
Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction Ella said -- Rick Riordan
With a voice like Ella ringing out there's no way a band can lose. -- Stevie Wonder
Later," Fang said to Ella and Dr. Martinez in that gushy, hyperemotional, overdramatic way he has. -- James Patterson
How did I make a living? I haven't. I have eked out an existence." - Ella Baker -- Gail Collins
I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner -- Lisa Kleypas
He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it. -Ella -- Lisa Kleypas
Love you more than life itself, more than the sun and the air. You own my soul, Ella May. Micha -- Jessica Sorensen
Ella is nervous," the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. "The elephant. The elephant is watching Ella. -- Rick Riordan
I was raised in a mostly white neighborhood. I was this little white girl jamming out to Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Brown. -- Joanna Noelle Levesque
No more Lastrygonians." Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. "Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep. -- Rick Riordan
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I love you, Ella May," I whisper, kissing her cheek. "And one day I want to be doing this exact same thing at our wedding. -- Jessica Sorensen
I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard. -- Little Richard
For the rest of my life?" His voice softens. "Do you want that, Ella May? Do you want me eternally, infinitely, forever, till death do us part? -- Jessica Sorensen
A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise! he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face. - Rhett Butler -- Margaret Mitchell
A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!" he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler -- Margaret Mitchell
Even now, Dickon was upstairs, writing sonnets to his new love, while back at Seadown House, Marianne was writing 'Ella' on scraps of paper and then burning them. -- Jessica Day George
[My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy. -- Malcolm X
Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it. -- Norman Granz
I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes. -- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The Monkees, The Beatles, The Eagles, and America. -- Page Hamilton
Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost vicious. Like if Barbie were suddenly possessed by Atilla the Hun. -- Francine Pascal
See, the same old Ella still lives." He grins"¦ "She just needed a little push out.""¦ "No, she doesn't. She's gone forever." "Try all you want, but I'm bringing her back, -- Jessica Sorensen
Ella let out a squeal when I picked her up, "Jonathan!"I loved carrying her around in my arms. After all, modern man is just an illusion, we're all still cavemen. We just wear better clothes now." -- R. Matthews
Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone. -- Natalie Dormer
Here's what I was thinking about:1.Who the new threat was 2.The air show in Mexico City 3.How to get Total to quit milking his injury, because enough was enough 4. My mom and Half sister Ella 5.Fang 6.Fang 7.Fang -- James Patterson
I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of people don't have and a better understanding"?they can be more open-minded. - Ella's mother -- Jessica Sorensen
[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement. -- Gail Collins
I told Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson, then age 105, that she was the only person over 80 who I'd ever met who never referred to her physical infirmities or health problems. To which she replied, "I have my difficulties; I do not rejoice in them. -- Patricia Mulcahy
Actually I'm taking her for a ride," I say slyly, inching my hand up the back of Ella's leg and she slaps the back of my head playfully. "I'm taking you for a ride in my car. And you think I'm the pervert. -- Jessica Sorensen
We look at the legacy of Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker, Malcolm X and Martin King. We have, and part of the struggle now in the age of [Barack] Obama is how do we keep alive the legacy of Martin King? -- Cornel West
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of whack-a-mole. Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: "The groin. The Earthborn's groin is sensitive." SMASH! "Good. Yes. Tyson found its groin. -- Rick Riordan
Come on, Ella. Sleep green.' Ignoring him, I got into bed wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts printed with penguins. I reached over to the nightstand and flipped off the lamp. A moment of silence, and then I heard a lecherous murmur. 'I like your penguins. -- Lisa Kleypas
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How would you feel about sharing your bed?" she asked. Tristan blinked. "Excuse me?" "He'd love to!" Gary said. Tristan shot him a look, "Good," said Ivy, failing to notice Gary's wink. "Ella can be a pillow hog, but all you have to do is roll over her. -- Elizabeth Chandler
The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words. -- Doris Day
Ella knows her way around her voice as very few people today. But there are times when she seems to be unaware there are things the human voice just doesn't do. She does them. -- Ella Fitzgerald
I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul music like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and The Rat Pack and swing music. -- Ella Henderson
My background was always more soulful pop. I was named after Ella Fitzgerald, and when I was a kid, I was listening to Lauryn Hill, Etta James, Joss Stone. For me, it was always about the voice. -- Ella Eyre
I just used to love the sound of especially a female vocal like Ella Fitzgerald for example, it's just that empowering self-control that can make a whole room go silent. I fell in love with that sound. -- Ella Henderson
I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one. -- Quincy Jones
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
Atenea se dio cuenta de que todas las miradas estaban clavadas en ella; y, en el caso de los hecatonquiros, eso significaba muchos ojos. -- Javier Negrete
Cuando quiero intensamente a una persona, no digo nunca su nombre a nadie. Es como ceder una parte de ella. He aprendido a amar en secreto. -- Oscar Wilde

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