I think Quote by Benson Boone

Growing up, I listened to a lot of everything - I fell in love with music, when I discovered people like Lauryn Hill and…

— Banks

I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I…

— Billy Joel

I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is…

— Jason Robert Brown

When I was growing up... I'm not going to say I listened to everything, but when it comes to vocals, I was really adamant…

— Kelela

When I began my journey, my aim was to do indie music. While growing up, there was an abundance of it but by the…

— Jubin Nautiyal

My whole life, I have listened to people like Neil Young, or Crosby, Stills & Nash, and artists that have made a career out…

— Dave Grohl

I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did…

— Boz Scaggs

People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can…

— Kimbra

I've certainly developed as a vocalist. I find my early recordings very difficult to listen to.

— Michael Feinstein

I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and what have…

— Lee Ranaldo

Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.

— Bill Ward

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