There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to.
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I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers.
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing.
I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.
As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.
Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that's what they thought their audience was.
I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.
I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart.
My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.