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I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

My idols are singers like Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu because there's no gloss on what they do.

My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.

There are so many great singers out there.

Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.

Probably to me the greatest singer, female voice, is Billie Holiday. And one of the most moving for me, I don't know why - maybe it's nostalgia, maybe because my life is one of constant partying, whatever.