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

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.

The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'