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I grew up only singing country. I did listen to like Debbie Gibson and other pop music, but I would only sing country music.

— Tonya Mitchell

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in…

— Raphael Saadiq

A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock, salsa, rap.

— Thalia

My favorite type of music to sing to would be rock and roll, Tenacious D, Led Zeppelin, some Queen - I love all of…

— Casey Abrams

I don't know exactly what genre to put it in, I just know that I grew up listening to a lot of soul music…

— Snoh Aalegra

I had always been singing, all of my life, but it wasn't until I got out of high school and was on my own…

— Jason Mraz

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the…

— Jordin Sparks

Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music that I…

— Gregory Porter

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get…

— Burning Spear

I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and…

— Keala Settle

My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film scores to…

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

— Lauren Alaina