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Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald are my musical mothers. I learned everything I know about true R&B, pop and jazz singing from these stunning performers and unparalleled musicians.

— Ciara Renee

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer.

— Jan Hammer

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

— Colin Hay

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

— Gretchen Wilson

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

— Tracy Chapman

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner

I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother's favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad's jazz music.

— Andra Day

My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated ourselves, and I went to college for music as a business and learned the business side, and she read a lot of books.

— Christina Milian

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.

— Estelle

My mom is awesome. She's really young. My mom is 40, and she raised me listening to Nirvana and Courtney Love and Coldplay, Gin Blossoms, The Cranberries, and stuff. Like, my early, early memories are of being a little kid running around in floral skirts and Doc Martens when I was, like, three.

— Halsey

✗Opposing Perspectives

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

— Jeff Buckley