Better Quote by Brian Harvey

We were teens in the Eighties, and that's the kind of music that we all grew up on. When you're in those really formative…

— Tony Kanal

I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the…

— Tiffany Darwish

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power…

— Roy Wood

I always thought East L.A. music was so dreamy and languid and kinda greasy.

— Ry Cooder

I didn't feel particularly cool when I was 16 or 17 but I felt accepted in a community of alternative music and the gig scene.

— Matty Healy

As I matured, the things that I liked influenced the music I wanted to make.

— Shonlock

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.

— Gabby Barrett

It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting…

— Jim Jarmusch

When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish playing, people…

— Kamasi Washington

I don't know if it's because I grew up in Beverly or my friends, but I listened to a lot of alternative rock music.…

— Jamila Woods

I had a happy childhood in the suburbs of L.A. My parents instilled in us an appreciation of history, art and, most important, Motown.…

— Jason Collins

West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound that felt…

— Kamasi Washington