Unforgettable Voice Quotes

No-one has ever sung quite so beautifully as Karen Carpenter.

Nobody can replace Mika Singh; he is an amazing artiste and a legend.

But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.

In the end, the sign of Aretha Franklin's artistry is that she always leaves her mark - first, on the music, then on us.

Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her.

A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry.

If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.

It's easy to forget, given her scandal-tinged life and tragic death, how incredibly talented Whitney Houston was. She holds the world record as the most-awarded female act of all time, with over 415 major recognitions during her career. She is the only artist to chart seven consecutive number one songs.

Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that his or her writing permanently altered the literary landscape for the better, opening new textual doors and engaging new readers. That the author's oeuvre was essential and irreplaceable and transformative.