Connections Quote by Andre Holland

I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so I was…

— Andrew Wyatt

There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but...…

— Jon Gordon

When I moved to Los Angeles, right away I met all kinds of musicians.

— Dianne Reeves

Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop…

— Kat Dahlia

I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was a sophomore…

— Ray Wylie Hubbard

I wanted to become a better entertainer, and I learned from my brother James Andrews. And I've been studying some tape of James Brown…

— Trombone Shorty

I remember famous people coming in to speak to me when I was in school and being inspired by them.

— Joseph Parker

I had a cheat sheet because I knew Tarell [Alvin McCraney]. His movie is largely autobiographical. I knew about certain events in his life…

— Andre Holland

I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number…

— Jon Gordon

I got to talk to Mel Lewis a lot as a teenager. I think that's what really impacted me the most around that time.

— Jon Gordon

Of all the people that I got a chance to meet as I was growing up, probably one of the most famous was Eddie…

— Roy Clark

I may have been on the cover of People and gone on 'David Letterman' and 'Arsenio Hall' because they had young audiences I wanted…

— Ruth Westheimer