Born Quote by Brian Stokes Mitchell

My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.

— Baz Luhrmann

My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were…

— Wallace Shawn

I was into jazz even when I was a kid. My parents would play Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, and Dixieland music. I loved The…

— Page Hamilton

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in…

— Steve Lacy

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

— Damien Chazelle

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more…

— Wynton Marsalis

My mother was into opera and my father was into jazz, so there was a lot of jazz in the house where I grew…

— Chaka Khan

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead…

— Alex Clare

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

My mum loves jazz, and together we listen to loads of Chet Baker back home.

— Sigrid