Cleveland Quote by Aretha Franklin

I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody in my family…

— Tracy Chapman

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James Taylor, Simon…

— Jake Epstein

My dad was a country musician, so we had David Allan Coe and lots of other country music playing around the house all the…

— Vinnie Paul

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

— Kris Allen

I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television.…

— Judy Collins

I lived in Detroit until I was six. My older sister was living with us, and she listened to the Ohio Players and Stevie…

— Boots Riley

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

— Len Cariou

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder…

— Jay-Z

My dad was a club musician. He was always playing guitar and playing loads of soul records and '60s rock n' roll. Whenever he…

— Sam Fender

My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open…

— Carrie Mae Weems

I always sang around the house. My brother and I would sing songs like 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' and stuff like that.

— Jean Louisa Kelly

Early on, before rock 'n' roll, I listened to big band music - anything that came over the radio - and music played by…

— Bob Dylan