contributor: Jesse White

• Cherish forever what makes you unique, ’cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes. Bette Midler

• If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good.
  
  But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about. Aretha Franklin

• When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don’t even notice. Sarah Vaughan

• You’re gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you’re singing. Patsy Cline

• I don’t try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it. Norah Jones

• It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts. Ella Fitzgerald