LeAnn Rimes quote: "Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song."

I remember the first time somebody played me Janis Joplin. My friend Donna put on Janis Joplin, and ...
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS

I don't think I sound like Janis Joplin. I'm a woman with a raspy voice.
BRITTANY HOWARD

People hear a powerful female singer in a rock and roll band, and they say, 'Janis Joplin.' ...
BRITTANY HOWARD

I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can&#...
MICHAEL WADLEIGH

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I neve...
STEVIE NICKS

I grew up singing a lot of Martina McBride, Shania and LeAnn Rimes, and because of my age, those wer...
CASSADEE POPE

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's...
JENNIFER LOPEZ

I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follo...
ACTION BRONSON

I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or a...
DIABLO CODY

I think no-one was surprised to hear that Janis Joplin was dead. She seemed to be living up all of h...
MICHAEL WADLEIGH

I love that Euro-pop dance music, but with girl power. I also listen to Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. ...
HILARY DUFF

I don't think there's ever been anyone like me that's lasted. And I'm going to keep ...
PARIS HILTON

I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can commun...
YANNI

I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. ...
CASSADEE POPE

It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about ...
BETH DITTO

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anyt...
TAYLOR SWIFT

Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, an...
MAREN MORRIS

People ask what my influences are, and for me, it's not always obvious. One of my biggest inspir...
TIG NOTARO

The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That'...
LIL UZI VERT

I don't think that much about my relationship with my mother and what it did to me. I sometimes ...
ALICE MUNRO

I think that Stevie Nicks is one of the greats. Steve Nicks and Grace Slick and Janis Joplin have th...
PATTI LUPONE

Obviously, I don't live and die by it, everything my horoscope says. But I feel like there's...
KACEY MUSGRAVES

Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dati...
PATTI STANGER

I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think o...
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN

I don't think of people as black or white. It's a question of are they photogenic or not? I ...
EILEEN FORD

I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a gr...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c...
KAREN BLACK

I don't mean to be trite about abortion, but I do feel it's a woman's body, and I don...
JOANNA CASSIDY

I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.
BRYAN WHITE

I definitely don't like anyone messing with my friends or loved ones. I'm quick to step up t...
BLAIR REDFORD

When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi...
IRWIN THOMAS

My sister is my little star, and I'm excited for her and proud of her. With her, I'm protect...
GIGI HADID

I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and the...
TAIO CRUZ

I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't ...
KYP MALONE

Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessar...
ELLIOTT YAMIN

When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ...
JACK JONES

It's of course important to mention that when DJing, I'm building my own story through the m...
STEVE AOKI

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rappin...
NINA SIMONE

awful... I was sure they were going to have LeAnn Rimes sing my part.
REESE WITHERSPOON

I think I'm always adopting a persona. That's how I look at pop music. I don't feel like...
ROBYN

I feel like I'm a boy, but I don't feel like I should've been born with different parts ...
RUBY ROSE

Although I have a lot of close female friends in my life, my number one is still my mom. Without her...
SHEMAR MOORE

That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah...
DOLLY PARTON

Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to k...
DAKOTA GOYO

You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ...
SUFJAN STEVENS

I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don&...
LILLY PULITZER

There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That...
ELIZABETH PEYTON

I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the c...
LARISA OLEYNIK

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song...
WYNTER GORDON

What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is ju...
ZEDD

My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotag...
RICKY MARTIN

As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that's the point of it all. I don...
ALESSIA CARA

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really ...
CASS MCCOMBS

I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring pe...
LADY GAGA

The music began, and it was one of those life-changing moments. I saw an artist, Janis Joplin. She w...
CLIVE DAVIS

I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, th...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER

I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or acc...
KENNY G

I like the idea of working my way up. I don't feel impatient to immediately jump into something ...
DAMIEN CHAZELLE

My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she's so brilliant, and ...
ALEXANDRA SHIPP

I think that's one of the biggest problems in the world - we don't look at one another; we d...
LEILA BEKHTI

I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tel...
LEE DANIELS

I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day,...
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON

I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I don't...
MENA GRABOWSKI TROTT

I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like ...
GARY ALLAN

Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain...
MATTIE STEPANEK

The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things ab...
SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON

Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don...
JOHN DIMAGGIO

Sometimes I want to yell on this track; I want to yell the whole song, and I don't think nothing...
SLIM JIMMY

I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was...
TIG NOTARO

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads...
JULES RENARD

I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older,...
HUNTER HAYES

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it...
LIL' KIM

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent wom...
ANDIE MACDOWELL

There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think a...
GARY CLARK, JR.

I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on tria...
BEANIE SIGEL

I buy everything India Arie, just because she's such a positive person, and I just love her musi...
TIKA SUMPTER

I love anything by Joan Didion. Incidentally, she was one of the local moms when I was growing up in...
ROB LOWE

'Watchmen' is like the music you feel is written just for you. 'That's my song, no o...
ZACK SNYDER

Since music is so important to me, I don't need to put in any extra effort to do this; it just f...
ARMAAN MALIK

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, lik...
ROSEANNE BARR

I don't like the idea of playing a one-dimensional character who is just fearless, strong, and k...
EVANGELINE LILLY

I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others...
JERRY GARCIA

I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for...
AUDRA MCDONALD

My truth is I am gay and out, and if I can't do that in my music, then I don't need it. Fort...
BILLY PORTER

I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that peop...
WINNIE HARLOW

If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, a...
TAVI GEVINSON

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the ...
MIRA NAIR

There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of ...
EUGENE CHADBOURNE

I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and thin...
CLAIRE FOY

Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a l...
DIERKS BENTLEY

I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got...
JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR

I personally, generally, don't really feel much emotion if there's some problem and I'm ...
VITALIK BUTERIN

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody tau...
VALERIE SIMPSON

I don't think I could live with anybody. I had roommates, and it's not for me. I like my spa...
ASHLEY BENSON

There wasn't anyone who was specifically taking me under their wing. I definitely looked up to p...
WINNIE HARLOW

When my dad played me 'Walking Man,' I heard those chord changes and that melody, it complet...
CHARLIE PUTH

My biggest concern is that America is drifting towards mediocrity and that people don't recogniz...
HOWARD SCHULTZ

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work...
TAMMY BLANCHARD

I don't listen to the radio, cause I don't have a driver's license. But if I'm in L....
BENNY BLANCO

People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring count...
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

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LeAnn Rimes

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

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