I CAN emulate other artists who I like. I choose not to do this, though,
because I prefer to sing in my own voice.
In fact, I've seen ads on another site, where some guy asks, "Do I
sound like these people?" Then, he has samples of him trying to
emulate very famous artists. He thinks that you have to be able to emulate these standard artists to make a career in the music industry.
(Well, they'd like to be able to hear "you" in the studio, and not
"someone else.")
It's much different than "who we'd like to emulate, for the joy of it,
and because we admire their singing which is why I do it, and I'm sure all of you do it for the same reason."